I was for, a period, a contributor to Alacritty and I'm still a daily user. The fact remains that it's a wonderful tool. Far better than most, yet still flawed in a number of ways. Both on the user side and within the codebase itself.
That said, I couldn't keep up with the arguments and decisions, while also balancing my own (disintegrating) life. I feel that we are all suffering from the effects of others far too heavily these days, so much so that good projects like this are labeled a "tragedy". That is completely unfair blame. The tragedy is not of Alacritty, it's of us. It's our fault we haven't fixed the issues. It's our fault all the comments and messages are loaded with unnecessary emotion. Well... it's at least partially our fault. Sometimes it's true that the squeaky wheel gets the grease. Sometimes it's also true that dark powers work against us. Still we must look at our own part in the equation.
Personally, reflecting on this post from the start of 2020, it's hard to think of anything but my own failings in the last years. But that too is not fair. It's something I must simply work to improve; like always. Leaving the world a better place than where I found it. I know there are amazing developers still working hard on important issues. It kills me that I'm not helping as I could be. It kills me that I'm often stuck, fixing bullshit issues and wasting time on things that are out of my control. But that's how it is now, and that's how it's been too, just perhaps to a lesser degree for a time, when everything clicked.
Perfection and correctness and idealism are lofty goals. But realism and practice are required while on the hunt. Maybe one day a new puzzle piece will be found, snuggling seamlessly into place. But until then, (we try and we fail)*.
Don't throw the baby out with the bath water. I beg you.