In reply to Publius.

Because he is not just russian. He lives in Russia. With their crazy dictator and law enforcement, that can do almost anything to anyone. If this project became popular, it’s users will have really big security concerns. You can’t be sure.

Also after “president elections” in Russia will be another round of mobilisation. So this dev can be mobilised even against his will and killed in Ukraine for nothing. And users will need to switch back to nginx.