> You haven't looked hard enough :-) I'm sure there's quite a bit of stuff I'd be ashamed of today.
Self-awareness is key to improving. If you're not ashamed of at least a fraction of your code, you're deluded.
Invariably the most talented people are those painfully aware of their own flaws and shortcomings.
Do the best you can at the time you do the work and there is no reason to be ashamed later. I have done lots of things I would do differently today, but the only alternative is to not keep learning.
Because the ForgePlucker got posted to HN I learned of it and hence the last couple of days interactions. The resulted in me reading his blog a bit and hence this posting.
I've looked at a whole bunch of code you wrote and without exception it is exemplary, that's the way to do it, lead by example, not by going after an individual, no matter how silly they are.
You haven't looked hard enough :-) I'm sure there's quite a bit of stuff I'd be ashamed of today.