I didn't get that from the article. What I heard was the guy was amazed that someone took the time to attempt to better his code and (in his opinion) made it m

I didn't get that from the article. What I heard was the guy was amazed that someone took the time to attempt to better his code and (in his opinion) made it much better. I agree with that a large extent - that's something that always amazes me about open-source. You're slogging along doing your thing, and then all of a sudden someone drops a huge patch on you that makes so much sense. With that said; I did go back and re-read it, and your reading could be correct, it's hard to say. Does have a bit of humble brag to it for sure.