[pino82]

There are good arguments for both sides, and there is no contradiction. Why shouldn't they both be good tools, depending on the specific case?

I do print debugging most of the times, together with reasoning and some understanding what the code does (!), and I'm usually successful and quick enough with it.

The point here is: today's Internet, with all the social media stuff, is an attention economy. And also some software developers try to get their piece of the cake with extreme statements. They then exaggerate and maximally praise or demonize something because it generates better numbers on Twitter. It'd as simple as that. You shouldn't take everything too seriously. It's people crying for more attention.