I respect your honesty sharing what you really think, but I didn't read it this way, I read it as: "We spent so much time in it, and what I learned from it is how great it is to have friends do cool things together, and this is what keeps us going more than learning more CSS or JavaScript"
I think that's not cocky, and quite true. e.g. the reason they still do it, is because they enjoy the teamwork and community support, and that's the "lesson he learned" which is answering the question in the title of the post.
And besides, being the #1 project on GH and being used by any other startup out there gives him all the rights to be cocky if he wants to.
They are both deserving a BDFL title which gives you automatic immunity from being called cocky. Even if they are.
I think that's not cocky, and quite true. e.g. the reason they still do it, is because they enjoy the teamwork and community support, and that's the "lesson he learned" which is answering the question in the title of the post.
And besides, being the #1 project on GH and being used by any other startup out there gives him all the rights to be cocky if he wants to.
They are both deserving a BDFL title which gives you automatic immunity from being called cocky. Even if they are.