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I wouldn't want to work for some company whose founder can be openly toxic against a project that solves an actual problem.

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How many years ago was this? I’m sure Mitchell has grown a lot and matured since then. Just like everybody else. He did something a little mean spirited. Maybe even something he regrets now. I think he deserves a little bit of grace.

An apology is powerful leadership. The resolution I've seen, slinking away as if it never happened, is pure cowardice.

I was 21 years old at the time. What I did was mean, I did apologize, I do regret it, and I don't think I would act this way anymore (to be fair to Aseem, he noted all this in his post). I went through various phases of my life where I was "a little mean spirited" and this is an example of it. Life lessons have changed me over time, but you can catch glimpses of it in moments like this.

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Perhaps he's jealous as half of Hashicorp's portfolio only create more problems than you had originally...

This comment seems to be an example of the exact toxic mentality the author was complaining about.

Like Hashicorp products or not, the remark seems a bit petty.

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