See "Considered Harmful Essays Considered Harmful" (http://meyerweb.com/eric/comment/chech.html)
"We should stop doing X" will always be a popular essay topic, but the "X Considered Harmful" framing is a bit stale at this point.
"We should stop doing X" will always be a popular essay topic, but the "X Considered Harmful" framing is a bit stale at this point.
I especially love the closing sentence.
Finally, I’d especially like to thank all the people who wrote “considered harmful” essays over the last few years. Without the degree of annoyance you collectively created, I might never have bothered to write this essay.