I simply cannot fathom the idea of harassing someone publicly on the internet to deal with a professional issue I face. In fact, at every company I've ever wor

I simply cannot fathom the idea of harassing someone publicly on the internet to deal with a professional issue I face. In fact, at every company I've ever worked for, damaging the company's reputation by doing that would have lead to far more serious issues at work than just finding a workaround and documenting it well - and then, if suitable, contributing back to the project with something helpful.