Without really knowing the author, it's hard to know whether they did what they did in bad faith or in good faith. Regardless of whether it's malice or naivete

Without really knowing the author, it's hard to know whether they did what they did in bad faith or in good faith. Regardless of whether it's malice or naivete, either one makes it hard to trust such a developer again, at least right away. They'll have to work hard at earning that trust again and be careful to not make such glaring mistakes again.