[sriram_sun]

There is some credence to the "make your own or shut up" argument here on HN.

If we reconsider your "criticize a restaurant" analogy, we are not random folks walking into a restaurant. We are professional chefs criticizing the output of other professional chefs.

In that context, "go start your own restaurant" does actually make sense.

[jimktrains2]

Not every chef has the means (e.g. money and time) and/or non-food experience to start a restaurant. Constructive criticisms, and not all criticism is constructive, should always be taken in earnest; that said, there is also a matter of taste: just because one chef puts in extra garlic and another doesn't like that doesn't mean either is "wrong" or "right".

[jrm4]

Lol, that's exactly how you get e.g. "Stupid food/we want plates" on reddit.

One of the worst things in computing is this sort of gatekeeping; it's not only "professional chefs" here, it's people who want to democratize more of software building, not reintroduce more silos.