Assaf Arkin on the backlash and counter-backlash regarding going in new directions with things such as JSON, Rails and CouchDb:

Relational databases have failed the software industry in much the same way XML, Java and client-server failed the software industry. In other words, no failure to see here, move along. Those are all excellent technologies for solving a wide range of problems. Just that there are some problems they're particularly poor at solving.

Reg Braithwaite on OOP purity:

Separating code and data works towards the goal of reusability in a manner that is diametrically opposed to building an encapsulation layer.

Dogma is dumb. Use what works best for your problem set.

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