.@adrianholovaty @ppk here, he's saying:
1. the problem is that the requirements that people have are overly ambitious, and
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working on apps that don't fit into @ppk's definition of what a morally virtuous web app should be. So forgive me for not 3/
applauding his point of view, and for appreciating the significant pushback he's getting. As framework authors, I believe 4/
we have a responsibility to stand up for the idea of empowerment through abstraction. For the people like @tomdale and 5/
me who never could get into software until we had the kind of allegedly bad tools that arguments like this one bemoan. 6/
in my view, the fact that many people can get into programming without full view of the whole picture is a tremendous 7/
achievement, and one that both of us dedicated large parts of our careers to. It's that legacy that's under fire by this 8/
argument, and the gains in empowerment are what's at stake in my view. 9/9
All makes sense to me — thanks for articulating that. I just wish we could have a conversation *anywhere* other than Twitter. :-)
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