> DHH thinks he has better opinions, more depth of experience, smarter, more insight and generally "gets it" more than everyone around him, including the other maintainers.
Well, he does. He's been doing Rails for literally 10 years now, so, strictly speaking, he is the most qualified opinion on the world in the topic of "Rails the application framework".
I agree that he sound condescending, but I understand his viewpoint. He's pushed a lot of changes through rails that at the time felt a lot like this one - a very vocal subset of the community got up and screamed bloody murder, and nowadays everyone realized it was the right idea.
Anyway, "DHH is wrong, no possible way he's right" isn't really a productive attitude to take in this discussion. He's been doing this for 10 years. Maybe you don't agree entirely, but DHH always has very good reasons for his opinions.
10 years is a long time, I'm sure we can all agree, but having the most logged hours doesn't automatically make you the most qualified opinion in the world. There is a vast realm of other factors that should be considered.
In my personal experience, oftentimes the people who have been around the longest are somewhat incapable of completely understanding an outside or new perspective. The fact that they often dismiss it because "I've been doing this for 10 years, I'm the most qualified" is a large part of that reason.
Well, he does. He's been doing Rails for literally 10 years now, so, strictly speaking, he is the most qualified opinion on the world in the topic of "Rails the application framework".
I agree that he sound condescending, but I understand his viewpoint. He's pushed a lot of changes through rails that at the time felt a lot like this one - a very vocal subset of the community got up and screamed bloody murder, and nowadays everyone realized it was the right idea.
Anyway, "DHH is wrong, no possible way he's right" isn't really a productive attitude to take in this discussion. He's been doing this for 10 years. Maybe you don't agree entirely, but DHH always has very good reasons for his opinions.