As with all things in life, sometimes even the best of us get into arguments. From semi-colons to jumping the shark because your app is published on multiple platforms, geeks have been known to have their fair share of silly rants. And this article represents one of them.
Let's ignore the obvious confirmation bias of the author with their Eclipse background and ask ourselves the pertinent question: even if the author is correct, so what?
With open choices, we can choose to use any IDE we feel like. Some, like myself, feel that Eclipse is too cluttered and would prefer a visually streamlined system. Why then devolve yourself into putting down the work of others because you don't like it?
There's an absolute difference between a review and the way the author propositioned and explained his rationale as to why Light Table was not for him, explained by the reactions here in HN.
As with all things in life, sometimes even the best of us get into arguments. From semi-colons to jumping the shark because your app is published on multiple platforms, geeks have been known to have their fair share of silly rants. And this article represents one of them.
Let's ignore the obvious confirmation bias of the author with their Eclipse background and ask ourselves the pertinent question: even if the author is correct, so what?
With open choices, we can choose to use any IDE we feel like. Some, like myself, feel that Eclipse is too cluttered and would prefer a visually streamlined system. Why then devolve yourself into putting down the work of others because you don't like it?
There's an absolute difference between a review and the way the author propositioned and explained his rationale as to why Light Table was not for him, explained by the reactions here in HN.
Let's be critical, rather than criticise.