"Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith."

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

> "Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith."

> https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Forgive me but can we not be skeptical of claims made about a commercial product?

Of course you can, and there are plenty of ways to do so that don't break the site guidelines. Cheap, snarky one-liners are not the way. If someone's posting about their own work, there's no need to be disrespectful.

It's also not helpful to post such a clichéd dismissal of what someone else says or their work. That's in the site guidelines too.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Isn’t his reply valid and an exception to the rule given the context?

We have no problem sharing our codebase with customers, especially if there are concerns like this. Shoot me a msg if you are genuinely interested in anything you have read.