I agree with most of your sentiments, but no new books and no new frameworks isn't completely true. For example, I just started reading Coding in Delphi (https:

I agree with most of your sentiments, but no new books and no new frameworks isn't completely true. For example, I just started reading Coding in Delphi (https://leanpub.com/codingindelphi https://leanpub.com/codingindelphi) which describes a few current efforts. Still I'm hesitant to make use of those, because they would further lock me in with Embarcadero; sticking to what's in Delphi 2010 itself at least allows for a relatively smooth transition to Lazarus at some point. I haven't given up on the principles of Delphi yet, but I have on Embarcadero.