I think it's 99% just the former. I've seen a blog post describing a very elementary better way of storing IP addresses upvoted and praised. I've seen people

I think it's 99% just the former. I've seen a blog post describing a very elementary better way of storing IP addresses upvoted and praised. I've seen people agree and fawn over the idea they were using a flat JSON file everywhere initially. Then they somehow discovered a 20 year old DB, and some people treat it like the second coming of Christ. None of this is to insult Tailscale, or their works, or their blogs. People love it and it's obviously a nice product. The fandom here around them and what gets upvoted and praised just seems cultlike at times.