5 years ago I would have thought that this would have been the title of the tech section of Onion article ...
These links (below) are a bit clearer, imho. The project actually looks pretty interesting, but the readme in the repo isn't as convincing:
http://foam-framework.github.io/foam/about/
http://foam-framework.github.io/foam/tutorial/0-intro/
Edit: formatting
Edit: Also 5 years ago HN was even fuller with snarky one liners and eyebrow dismissals.
Having read the docs now I'm more inclined to subscribe to your initial onion theory.
These links (below) are a bit clearer, imho. The project actually looks pretty interesting, but the readme in the repo isn't as convincing:
http://foam-framework.github.io/foam/about/
http://foam-framework.github.io/foam/tutorial/0-intro/
Edit: formatting