Nah, I have to share some of my personal experiences for a second.

I saw a few newer people in information security share some code, or ideas they had, on social media. They retracted their posts, or code, because of criticism they received. This wasn't one singular person, to my surprise I saw like, five noobies sharing stuff.

Very cool.

Let me tell you something, stinky new people: yes, people online are mean. They are very mean. I have been BOILED ALIVE by stinky nerds online. I have been called every synonym for idiot you can imagine over the past ... uhhh, 21 years of doing malware related stuff.

And because this is the internet, and we're connected across the globe, I've had the pleasure of being called an idiot (or something similar) in English, Spanish, French, Russian, Mandarin, Hindi, Arabic, Portuguese, and more.

While these people are not nice, I very sincerely recommend filtering out the negative verbiage and focusing on the underlying message (if applicable). It is a skill that you'll need to adapt and grow in this field. In the "hacker" sphere, intellectuality is like, the thingie people value the most (or at least claim to).

Hence, if you share something it will be heavily critiqued. When you share something, whether you explicitly say it or not, you're inviting your peers for feedback. You WILL receive feedback, good or bad, and you will have to learn to handle it, process it, or learn from it.

Someone say your code is trash? Good. That is an opportunity to improve.

Someone criticize you for leaning heavily on AI? Good. Use AI as a tool to learn and stop using it as much.

Someone misunderstood what you said and called you a bad name? Good. Use that as an opportunity to practice improving your phrasing and writing.

Someone say your idea is repetitive and has been done before? Good, you discovered an idea for yourself, learned about an existing idea, and now you know how to find more ideas.