And yes I've given plenty of critiques (including not always agreeing with those engineering decisions). But nonetheless I don't think giving the engineering team space to do what they thought was right has always been the easy thing to do, and I thought it was worth saying the positive thing here.
(Real talk I did not know this was coming when I posted this and the following reply 3 days ago tho, heh) https://bsky.app/profile/dustyweb.bsky.social/post/3mgfo3mg4jk2h
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