Comment by timdaub

I can have empathy with the Replit CEO. I've had projects where strangers from the internet started to "friendly-copy"/fork things I either had talked about or that I straight out did. I didn't speak up and I ended up feeling super discouraged to continue the copied project. In the end neither the copycat nor I had success. But had he collaborated instead of doing his own thing, things would be different now.

I get it, threatening with legal action is harsh. This blog post on the other hand is also not nice. For me personally, I'd rather not engage with either of the two as they seem to not being able to manage a professional conflict without spilling it publicly.