I do disagree with the thesis though. If youre building on a tool you ought to learn how to use it properly. Otherwise what happens when something breaks? Placing "sensible defaults" works until you need to change the tools functionality, at which point, if you dont know how to use the tool you will be once again lost.
It's a whack-a-mole method vs the dynamite approach IMHO.
I do disagree with the thesis though. If youre building on a tool you ought to learn how to use it properly. Otherwise what happens when something breaks? Placing "sensible defaults" works until you need to change the tools functionality, at which point, if you dont know how to use the tool you will be once again lost.
It's a whack-a-mole method vs the dynamite approach IMHO.