> Sharing your greatness more often results in some narcissist or psychopath (clinical, not conversational) taking credit for your work. In an era of social media infested domains, derivative work leeches off your effort and its more likely someone you've never met will become known for whatever you invent.

i make demonstration and breakout boards and release the designs in the _hopes_ that someone influential will start cloning it

one epaper demo board has led to countless companies emailing me asking how they can take their board clone and make it do the bespoke thing they ultimately wanted to make, since the original seller usually has no clue

so maybe give up 90% of your sauce? the last 10% are circumstantial to the taster anyway...

easter eggs are a great way to prove provenance if it comes down to it