> If it was your code they were talking about, you may feel differently. I'd much prefer to-the-point feedback like that, even if it's somewhat vague. But mayb

> If it was your code they were talking about, you may feel differently. I'd much prefer to-the-point feedback like that, even if it's somewhat vague. But maybe that's just my ability to swallow my pride/ego. > Blunt, hyperbolic statements like "massively overcomplicated" can feel like a shot across the bow when someone is talking about code you wrote. Kindness and gentleness go a long way in OSS. Casey's statements don't seem hyperbolic to me at all - they accurately reflect the performance and simplicity that the Windows Terminal developers were leaving on the table. We know this because Casey literally created refterm to prove his claims. If anything, the developer's response in the initial GitHub issue, that optimizing the performance of a terminal requires "an entire doctoral research project in performant terminal emulation", is more hyperbolic than anything Casey has said.