you know what's actually insufferable? taking pot shots at someone giving you something for free. either say thank you or move on. it's like yelling at your mom for making you breakfast in the morning: downright unseemly.
see the python requests library documentation for a good example
this fallacy is called affirming the consequent. yes good libraries might not need marketing but that does not say anything about whether good libraries can have marketing.
Come on. kreitz holds the title of Python marketspeak tycoon for a reason. :P
Publicly deriding me as having an irreparable character flaw, based on something I said over ten years ago, which I can't possibly defend or apologize for because I have no idea who you are or what you're referring to—doesn't that seem a little low, though?
It sounds like this is still bothering you after all this time. Please consider reaching out to me (my e-mail address is my HN username at gmail); I'd be glad if we could sort this out in a private conversation. I can't promise that I'll take back what I said without knowing what it was, but I will do my best to understand what you experienced and why it was upsetting to you.