I think you're taking a reductionist view, and I think you've missed the point the author was making. The author first expressed his understanding of the influ

I think you're taking a reductionist view, and I think you've missed the point the author was making. The author first expressed his understanding of the influences on individual behavior and then he made specific suggestions (with examples) of how twisted had failed to optimize for a specific outcome within that framework. I consider this analysis and feedback, not whining. You seem to suggest that the author is whining in lieu of being self-sufficient. I can't speak for the author, so I will just speak for myself. I wholeheartedly believe in the self-sufficiency that programming culture promotes. However, I also believe that the easier you make it for others to achieve self-sufficiency in your open-source library, the more successful it will be. I'm happy that you found it trivial to drink deeply of twisted's essence. I also think that you are right that you have an opportunity to blog! I for one would love to read about why you think that CL's iolib is a better abstraction layer than twisted. You haven't missed the opportunity -- I'd upvote that over most of the stuff on the front page!