I don't think you're overexaggerating the potential backlash at all; especially on Lemmy. When I read that blurb at the top I was thinking "Bold move, Cotton...". If you told me you get death threats over it, I wouldn't be at all surprised.

I've vibecoded a number of apps that I haven't released for about the same reasons you describe. What I have put out have been little helpers with miniscule surface area. But the bigger ones I've built and am improving have been tailored to my needs (or for our group) and help immensely. At one time I could have coded them myself (maybe), but I never would have gotten around to it.

What pisses me off the most is when people come down on a FOSS maintainer that uses it to keep up with bugs and security fixes because nobody can be arsed to spend any time helping them, instead they'd rather sit on the internet and criticize other people's methods of coping with overload.