It's honestly crazy to me that people would downvote you for expressing this. I think it's an extremely common hang-up among lots of programmers and it's an important thing to talk about. I don't understand how it improves the discourse, when someone says "I'm embarrassed", to say "well FUCK YOU for being embarrassed! Get the fuck off Hacker News!" Downvoters, you're making the problem worse. I'm not sure what you're trying to accomplish.
hehe. thanks. no worries, I tend to abuse HN as a confessional for brutal honesty towards myself and everything else. I never think I'm "right", but some people enjoy some wry honesty and others go mad.
The hang up is real, and it's pretty silly we don't discuss it more. I'm constantly aware that my code would be ridiculed by this very same community, even though I think it's not the worst code. The people who would ridicule are the same ones who downvote, so that's a fair indicator of what to expect.
