It's one more "thing" to be aware of. The left-to-right order makes it inflexible where named parameters can't be used (JS). Also, there is a limit to improving

It's one more "thing" to be aware of. The left-to-right order makes it inflexible where named parameters can't be used (JS). Also, there is a limit to improving readability via conciseness -- at some point the effect reverses. In the article, the most readable example seems to be the fluent API that is being "improved"...