Totally agree. Seems he has a bit of a chip on his shoulder, by frequently mentioning "software engineering" in quotes.

And as someone who had the grave misfortune of having some experience in scientific code, all I can do is laugh at the OP's link. Yeah sure, scientist's are great at programming. I say let them off at it, because I want nothing to do with it. I value my sanity too much :)

Seriously. It seems like there have been more neophytes willing to come out against mature practice like factory methods and other artifacts of polymorphic architecture. Oh well, complaining probably triggers a seratonin release or something for them.

"Hey look, it's possible to misuse design patterns! Don't they suck, amirite guys?"

Online forums are generally filled with programmers who have never written anything large and complex.

Even worse: "Hey look, it's possible to be confused by design patterns! Don't people who use them suck, amirite guys?"

The whole internet is amateur hour. I just got caught in a daydream, pretending like HN was above the noise for a while. Maybe it was.