Yes, I read the article. Pushing basic functionality to a plugin is not a solution, as themes would still need to be rewritten to use the plugin. Putting basic

Yes, I read the article. Pushing basic functionality to a plugin is not a solution, as themes would still need to be rewritten to use the plugin. Putting basic functionality in a plugin works with RoR because developers are used to it, but it is guaranteed to break if attempted with WordPress.