That was an interesting read, thanks for posting this. I guess that the moral of the story is to keep trying and don't give up with contributing whether it's submitting PR, opening new issues or running your own project.
Thank you, sir. As for the bolding, I use it because many people (including me) at first scan the text looking for important stuff and then decide if it's worth to read the whole article. I'll see what can be improved in that matter :).
Indeed they are (ok I hope that you've realized I was partially joking about this). Anyway, getting attention is important to make your OS project more recognizable, so what's wrong with that? :)