These articles are pretty much impossible to disagree with, because they follow the same pattern. Every tool, concept, or technology, that aims to address a co

These articles are pretty much impossible to disagree with, because they follow the same pattern. Every tool, concept, or technology, that aims to address a common need, will eventually reach the point in their adoption curve where an author publishes a hot take. §1 Clickbait title §2 Tool X is popular. I'm a fan. Tool X is useful. §3 It annoys me that everybody(1) treats it as the golden hammer. A single tool is not enough. §4 There are other tools. We can even make more tools. The best Tool X users use many other tools. You can't shoehorn all problems into Tool X. §5 Conclusion: Not all things require Tool X. (1) The term "Everybody" is used, because the author doesn't want to name the individuals or group that caused the annoyance. It is definitely a pattern because if you’ve been around tech, you’ve read numerous of these articles. I doubt they achieve their goal. I think we need ways to help people avoid golden hammers, without merely pointing at the hammer. Interestingly, Eric Evans’ work includes heuristics on when not to use DDD, and a call to action to find many more patterns than the ones he lists :-)