In this case the use seems appropriate since he was the source of inspiration for mistakes, so he wasn't praising himself.
I don't think that the examples that you have with the waitress and the mechanic are good comparisons, because they are "cute" after solving your problem. More accurate examples would be the waitress or mechanic saying…
You might be aware of it already, but I just wanted to mention that the Zod library could potentially solve some of your needs.
The other article you mention comes from the same website: https://rxdb.info/offline-first.html. It's in an opinion section, giving the arguments from both sides.
In this case the use seems appropriate since he was the source of inspiration for mistakes, so he wasn't praising himself.
I don't think that the examples that you have with the waitress and the mechanic are good comparisons, because they are "cute" after solving your problem. More accurate examples would be the waitress or mechanic saying…
You might be aware of it already, but I just wanted to mention that the Zod library could potentially solve some of your needs.
The other article you mention comes from the same website: https://rxdb.info/offline-first.html. It's in an opinion section, giving the arguments from both sides.