It's hard for a solo developer, especially one who's invested this much time, to take such a pragmatic view of ridicule. If Allan anticipates that early criticism is going to impact his motivation, then he's doing the wise thing by resisting the urge to "show a fool half a job".

I'd rather be ridiculed for what I've done than what I've promised to do, but refused to share.

That said, I'm no longer an interested party. I stopped using TM over a year ago after at least a year of using it and seeing where it was going.