[markmark]

Classes still work fine if you want to keep using them.

[alex_lav]

This doesn't appear to be what the docs recommend anymore, which is exactly what my (obviously flippant) post was meant to highlight.

[chatmasta]

Hooks were introduced five years ago and have been stable since then. So that's half a decade with no changes to the API.

[alex_lav]

Great! I bailed in the first four years I guess, after the fourth change in API.