I disagree with the tone. I have never said to anyone to fuck off or even anything remotely like that. There was one case where I had a serious unreolvable conf

I disagree with the tone. I have never said to anyone to fuck off or even anything remotely like that. There was one case where I had a serious unreolvable conflict. I think that's a problem and very much not something to be proud of. I don't tell people to write the code on their own or fork. I think maintainer is a job. It's a volunteer job. Yes. I have allocated hours for this job. But I need to treat users as I would treat paying customers. That doesn't mean accepting their every whim. Never. But it does mean that the "job" is one of communication and community building. Not just of coding. OP seems a bit too focused on the code and too little on the people. To me the value of writing the code is the way people use it differently than I intended.