Yeah, I mean I see this article as a not-so-subtle middle finger to computer science elitists, so I don't think backlash was unexpected (on the contrary, welcom

Yeah, I mean I see this article as a not-so-subtle middle finger to computer science elitists, so I don't think backlash was unexpected (on the contrary, welcomed). React itself represents a shift in webdev thought where, instead of desperately trying to establish itself as a "respectable" programming field (see: any Google web technology), it instead focuses on being as accessible as possible and embraces the populist nature of the web. This article is just an extension of that ideology. And, as you've indicated, anyone who would be horrified by that ideology probably is already horrified by the web to begin with.