> I don’t think it’s just about purism. Yeah, overall this article had a lot of great points and insights, but I think they oversimplified on this. (Not a big

> I don’t think it’s just about purism. Yeah, overall this article had a lot of great points and insights, but I think they oversimplified on this. (Not a big deal since it is a side issue.) It's easy to look at a piece of software and think that, because it doesn't do what you want in a particular situation, it's a bad design. That's not the way you determine whether something is a good design; instead, you have to look at the big picture. Usually, each different design option will have its own pluses and minuses and will make certain things easier and certain other things harder. The only look at your own situation, you're sort of cherry picking the data.