What a great article. I'm a happy ripgrep user. I'm impressed by its speed, its ease of use, and the positive vibe on the issue tracker. Naturally, I never rea

What a great article. I'm a happy ripgrep user. I'm impressed by its speed, its ease of use, and the positive vibe on the issue tracker. Naturally, I never reached out to burntsushi -- I don't have anything to complain about! > When I was a young adult, I'd pride myself on being “logical” and “free of emotional decision making.” Like all good lies we tell to ourselves, there's a kernel of truth to it. But for the most part, at least for me personally, I am a deeply emotional being. I wonder if this is in part related to getting older. When I was younger, I was into being logical myself. But as best I can tell, that was true for myself back then: I cared about work progressing effectively, and in my mind the best to achieve that was through direct, blunt communication. When I was on the receiving end of that, I was happy about it. Now that I'm older and have kids, I do think a lot more about how to say things. It does make working with people who are exactly like I was a bit slower, but it increases the pool of people I can collaborate with. So it's worth it (...I tell myself). > Rudeness, on the other hand, comes in all shapes and sizes: “Just chiming in to say that I would also really like this feature.” This is a great example. From the side of the person leaving this comment, it feels so innocuous! "I'm just saying I'd like this too. Ignore me if you want, I'm just adding a harmless data point." But from the side of the person who's getting tens of these messages, it feels so very draining.