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I'm sure I'm wrong, but the fact that you keep using the word "simple" makes me feel that you skimmed over the article. The author disagrees that Rails makes th

by clessg 10y ago

I'm sure I'm wrong, but the fact that you keep using the word "simple" makes me feel that you skimmed over the article. The author disagrees that Rails makes things "simple," and argues that it attempts to mask complexity by making things easy/convenient.

the_gastropod 10y ago
Yes. But I'm not sure that argument is any more valid here than it is when talking about high level programming languages vs assembly. Of course abstraction hides complexity—that's kind of the point.
- shiro 10y ago
  Abstraction isn't for hiding complexity. A good abstraction redefines the problem to eliminate complexity.