I think often times people want to say "In this particular case, for this particular situation, with my particular constraints, X was useful for me" , but they

I think often times people want to say "In this particular case, for this particular situation, with my particular constraints, X was useful for me" , but they end up asserting it for a much larger context. The people who don't agree with that, ironically also end up making the same mistake when they assert that X is not at all useful, but do it in the reverse way by using their particular scenario to guide their statements. I've come to believe that the vast majority of peoples opinions on programming are BS. I've come to rely on simple practical things. If you try something, and it works for you, you can safely ignore the people telling you you're doing it wrong.