Yeah, an enthusiastic endorsement always rubs ya once you already rung stuff out...conversely, so does an advantage minimized by entrenched advocates. The smallest differences are sometimes the most interesting to ferret out.
I am deeply thankful that most of my more grievous handloading sins were pre-internet.
Took me about 10 years to figure out Ken Waters got the numbers he got because he was a lot better at it than I would ever be...:)