[bradgignac]

Thanks for the feedback, jasode. Most of my piece was written from the perspective of Ruby, Python, and Node.js development, so your perspective on the state of affairs in Java is helpful. In this regard, Java sits in an interesting middle ground between Go and Ruby. Go completely relies on compile-time dependencies. Ruby completely relies on run-time dependencies.

Once piece of consistent feedback that I've gotten is that I didn't do a good enough job of clarifying that I was specifically dealing with the complexity of running applications. I'm pretty sure most people who have deployed Ruby or Python web applications would agree that deploying and running those applications is more complex that it needs to be. The examples of accidental complexity you gave are great examples of how it can manifest in code design.

I really liked your last point about the importance of use cases. I briefly alluded to that in the conclusion of my article, and I'm glad that you brought it up here. Use-case is extremely important.