This appears to be a post by a novice developer, discouraging the use of time tested, invaluable debugging tools? Encouraging slower, worse debugging...for what?
And "tender lovemaking" for the title of a tech blog? That's childish and short sighted.
Rails has vibrant problems in its ecosystem (everything is global, tracing behavior is hard, everything is magic, many Rails developers have no idea how what they're using works), and this is both a product and a cause of that.
Yes, it appears I am wrong about my label of "novice" from the pure verbosity point of view. Being a core contributor to anything does not imply being a good programmer. I don't know this person (and don't care, I have no ties to the Rails community). I think that dismissing the use of a runtime debugger is a novice action.
I think being a core contributor to major pieces of software does imply you are a good programmer rather than a novice, whether you know of them or use that software or not. "Pure verbosity" - Really? You want to disparage his contributions? Take it easy, man.
He doesn't "dismiss the use of a runtime debugger", he says "I don’t say this to disparage people that use a Real Debugger. I think Real Debuggers are great, I’ve just never taken the time to learn one well."
Yes, people who try and inject a little fun into their interactions are just the worst, aren't they? In a professional setting too. It's just shameful behaviour. Also, I'd be really cross if one of my children should stumble across this "tender lovemaker's" blog. I hope this guy is ashamed of himself.
And "tender lovemaking" for the title of a tech blog? That's childish and short sighted.
Rails has vibrant problems in its ecosystem (everything is global, tracing behavior is hard, everything is magic, many Rails developers have no idea how what they're using works), and this is both a product and a cause of that.