[stephenr]

> You did a little work, avoided doing a lot more work, and justified it with "more components = better." Fine. Not the only approach but certainly not a radical one either.

Your interpretation of this is ridiculous.

You may as well dismiss Linux because the kernel doesn't include an ANSI SQL compliant database and runtime environment for perl, ruby, python and php.

There is immense value in having several small, specialised tools that can be used together to form a solution.

[tacos]

Likewise there is immense value in having a simpler solution with fewer parts -- when appropriate and when possible. This is part of what we decide as engineers.

It's also easier to sell someone on your component strategy when you don't trash every possible piece that could plug in to the hole you've left -- from operating systems and open source crypto packages to government agencies and transnational corporations. But that little observation seems to be getting lost in the noise here.