The criticism is so stupid too. Just because there's another tool out there already that can accomplish the same thing, does that mean no programmer should try

The criticism is so stupid too. Just because there's another tool out there already that can accomplish the same thing, does that mean no programmer should try to do the same thing again ever? How else do people learn? And if she wants some of her work online to show potential employers or just to share, whats wrong with that? People should just mind their own business, and not be assholes. If you don't like an open source project, make the same thing yourself, and make a post about how it improves on the older one. Don't tear someone down for not being as "smart" as you.