"I never publish my code. Ever. Users get to give me feedback, but I don't give a shit what other programmers think. Sure, I learn from them, but never in the context of reviewing the code I wrote. I learn from the code of others and apply those lessons to my own work" (from here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2096007)
So, he gets to comment on other people who publish their work, but he is forever safe from the same sort of feedback? That sounds more like fear than pragmatism.
