[virgilp]

I see you've studied Rich Hickey's talks. Good :)

While I generally agree with you - do remember that Rich talks about "information-driven situated programs" - there are plenty of occasions when you don't do that. Like, when you're building a business. It could be a fatal flaw to think that your early prototype is a "situated program" - it is, in fact, just a quick hack meant to validate a concept. You start by not knowing enough about the market & your customers - so you shouldn't optimize for simplicity, you should optimize for time-to-value. New shiny tools might be good for this purpose (they're often shallow, but also they often deliver shiny&meaningful value fast).