I'll pile on here with another counter data point to say that having written Ruby (both Rails and otherwise) for 7 years, and having read POODR, I do not unders

I'll pile on here with another counter data point to say that having written Ruby (both Rails and otherwise) for 7 years, and having read POODR, I do not understand where you're getting this dogma idea from. I have yet to experience a single instance of "It's POODR's way or the highway."