> As soon as I wanted to write any non-trivial code to read stuff from a database and do something with it, I got stumped - I didn’t know how to proceed. I coul

> As soon as I wanted to write any non-trivial code to read stuff from a database and do something with it, I got stumped - I didn’t know how to proceed. I could write some code, but it would turn out very ugly. I couldn’t write code that was pleasing to read (and it certainly wasn’t pleasant to write). When this was written, he had point, but with es6 I don't think this is a problem anymore. Accordingly, I don't think this stands > You lose expressiveness Arrow functions and destructuring cut down on boiler plate significantly.