Its a great motivator, happened with me too, I once asked a question about getting the original camera on custom rom and got this as a response [1]. This lead to 2 year long project [2] and an awesome time full of learnings and collaboration

[1] https://xdaforums.com/t/how-do-i-port-pocos-miui-camera-to-c...

[2] https://xdaforums.com/t/anxcamera-closed-on-xda-only-16th-fe...