I too, would disagree. If I, as a developer have choose to spend my valuable time writing a piece of software, and I decide to open source it, I do not see why I should have to support it. If I am charging for the software, there could be some expectation of support, but for a project I am creating effectively as a volunteer, I do not see why anyone should feel entitled to my support, beyond what I choose to provide. I for one would tend to say that if you have an issue with that, don't use my software.

My first language was c++. I was never very good at it until years later, and I switched to Python for my personal projects in the meantime. I still use python for everything that don't gain some benefit from another language. I switched to Python because I found it intuitive, and the string processing and data structures are great. Since most of my personal projects involve parsing or generating text in some way, the string library alone makes it worthwhile. Aside from that, I know Python pretty well, so I suppose it's a stick with what you know type situation. There may be other languages that are ostensibly better (lisp comes to mind, for some use cases), but Python does everything I need at least adequately, and usually quite well; if it doesn't, I use another language (often c++).

I'm a fan of Sublime Text. I know the price tag is a bit more than most IDEs, but since I use it every day, several hours a day, I feel it was a worthwhile investment. The configurability is excellent, it looks good aesthetically, and it has some really powerful text manipulation tools.