At the time that the Svbtle "copycats" emerged my thoughts [1] were that it identified the differences between designers/brand people and programmers. Nate (who

At the time that the Svbtle "copycats" emerged my thoughts [1] were that it identified the differences between designers/brand people and programmers. Nate (who coded Obtvse) seems very much a programmer, whereas Dustin is a hands down designer. In this case, WP-svbtle is, to most people, just a decent design. Dustin was hacked off by Nate's project because he was building a brand; and what seems a simple design probably took him some time to think about (like when I produce a 10-lines-of-code solution to a complex problem and a paper pushers says "so why did that take so long to make??"). Some of the comments directed at Terence seem unfair - assuming the worst, that he was aware of Svbtle and is cocking a finger at Dustin... Or passive aggressiveness about how common the design is now. 1. http://www.errant.me.uk/blog/2012/03/copy-my-idea-not-my-design/ http://www.errant.me.uk/blog/2012/03/copy-my-idea-not-my-des...