"Of course, this begs the question that OO is better than functional. Having done both for a long time, I'm convinced that it is the case (though I do think lea

"Of course, this begs the question that OO is better than functional. Having done both for a long time, I'm convinced that it is the case (though I do think learning functional programming is the fastest path to getting good at OO). Lamentably, I can't yet defend this point too vigorously because I've only just discovered the joy or Smalltalk." Shoot me an email. Would love to chat some time. I've been doing OO for 20+ years and have become a big FP fan in the last 5. I might would go OOP in a large commercial setting, but for small team startup-type work, pulling in all of that wiring and structure for delivering an MVP just looks crazy to me. Even for large greenfield projects, it makes more sense to me to start in the REPL, code the minimum amount necessary, and then "grow" your class structure as you start needing all that OOP goodness.