The interesting part is that indeed, the people who write these articles are usually building large scale systems, writing books, newsletters and building compa

The interesting part is that indeed, the people who write these articles are usually building large scale systems, writing books, newsletters and building companies for them, and then telling everyone else how they don't need it. Of course engineers have a tendency to over-engineer solutions. I don't think anyone is surprised by that. But this "oh you don't need it, I've used it at <bigcorp>, and you're not that" thinking just rubs me wrong. Especially when it's backed up by hollow arguments like the ones in this post.