I don't think we disagree. I'm a big fan of DSLs/languages over further app complexity. To clarify my point, Another Language (tm) is not the problem. The probl

I don't think we disagree. I'm a big fan of DSLs/languages over further app complexity. To clarify my point, Another Language (tm) is not the problem. The problem is a lack of understanding of the fundamentals. I keep seeing people sell tech/languages/frameworks as some sort of replacement for deep understanding. Hey, that's cool -- as long as you don't spend all your time honking around with the tool instead of the problem. It's when these promises fail that devs and teams end up on a dark, lonely path with unhappy customers. Overall I am quite fascinated by the concept of new environments for programmers -- and I believe it's not just new languages, but the tools, the industry background, the workflow, and a lot of other things come together to make tools and frameworks rock. (Many times we all want to geek out on language details when the problem with the language is lack of a community or tooling that makes you want to jump out a window. But I digress.) Something I'm working on is coming up with guidelines of when and how to create good DSLs in order to create that kind of environment.