While we're all sharing our war stories... A very well-respected developer recently told me to "take down your blog entry and this repo before you generate mor

While we're all sharing our war stories... A very well-respected developer recently told me to "take down your blog entry and this repo before you generate more embarrassment for yourself", because I didn't do a comprehensive literature review (and cite their code) before writing a blog post. (They later went back and edited their comments to turn down the vitriol, but guess which version I read immediately upon waking up?) I've been around the industry for a while and have relatively thick skin, but even so, dealing with that ruined my day. If I was new to the industry, I can't imagine how I would have reacted – but it certainly wouldn't have been positive; I could easily imagine burning out of open-source entirely given that reception.