> Making a statement about X not doing Y is not a complaint, it's not a request for others to do work. It's not an order from a disgruntled customer. I’m sorry

> Making a statement about X not doing Y is not a complaint, it's not a request for others to do work. It's not an order from a disgruntled customer. I’m sorry to say but the comment above came across that way to me. Someone has gone to tremendous effort to build a great tool and opensource it. The reaction? > Instrumentation for everyone but only if you are on Windows. It so sad to see the level of support for Linux in this domain. This isn’t “cool project, it’d be even better with Linux support”. I read that as “I’m actively sad you released your project without Linux support. Despite all your free work, my life is worse because you haven’t gone the extra mile to also cater to my needs in particular”. There’s no balance there. No acknowledgement of how much work it might be to add Linux support. Or that the commenter has no interest in lifting a finger to help out themself. I can only speak to my own reaction, but I found it a bit of a lazy, entitled comment. And by all means criticise away. This is hacker news after all. But it’s also hacker news. A place for the people who build. Sitting on the sidelines and complaining doesn’t impress me much. To use your metaphor: not every critic makes a good filmmaker. But this isn’t a forum for movie critics. It’s a forum for filmmakers and budding filmmakers. You don’t have to be great. But you do need to pick up a camera to earn my respect.