So this was a whole shit show that as of now has cost me 2 days of investigation, clean-up, mitigation, will likely cost me more time & also feels extremely crappy all in all.
I'm just glad I didn't base any *really* important decisions on those manipulated numbers, that would have been REALLY bad.
Now I have to live with knowing that most of the growth I saw the past 2 years was likely faked, which feels quite terrible tbh. Feels like not doing a good job after all.
@foosel please take a little time to process and cleanse these feelings.
You are succeeding.
Your work is powering my practice, and many others too. I can hear my printer running now, and you are to thank.
This jank episode is a fruit of your success.
As your success grows, more haters and fakers and manipulators and capitalists and scammers, and every type of flim-flam artist will be trying to find an angle.
It may feel bad to spend efforts on defence, but valuable work needs protecting.
Gina Häußge
Ryan Makes, Dreamscaper