TLDR: huntarr was vibe-coded and had tons of security issues. When the "developer" was confronted, he nuked the git repo, his github account and all his social media accounts.
This used to be my favourite client, but there hadn't been updates in so long that I'd given up. I'm so happy with a new release, I'm going to try it out straight away. Hopefully, it might mean an Android TV version might come soon.
I found the article interesting, but I agree with you. Good programmers have to and can debug other people's code. But, to be fair, there are also a lot of bad programmers, and a lot that can't debug for shit...
I currently use copyparty. It's not the prettiest, but it's fast and the documentation on GitHub is extensive. The maintainer is also very friendly and helpful.
I remember using XSLT to make my site's RSS look good around 20 years ago. I thought it was so cool, though XSLT was awful to write.