Having once been a close follower of OpenBSD, I eventually just kind of lost interest because Linux (and other BSDs) were just moving so much faster on features

Having once been a close follower of OpenBSD, I eventually just kind of lost interest because Linux (and other BSDs) were just moving so much faster on features that mattered more to me. Multiprocessor support was the big one for me at the time; I have no idea where that currently stands. My recollection was that OpenBSD code was actually quite polished, and even elegant in lots of places. They also produced what I think were easily the best and most complete manpages out there. It was actually enjoyable to read both the code and manpages, and pretty easy to understand (assuming proficiency in C and basic machine architecture, of course). What was not enjoyable, for me, was the constant hostility on the mailing list and frequent lashing out at others in various OSS communities (...as demonstrated in the OP). I know there there were others for whom that played no small part in their loss of interest in the project.