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I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving weekend.  Even though I didn’t get a chance to visit family I decided to take advantage of my few days off from work. On Saturday I again took another road trip to Orlando. This time I took a trip to Universal Studios. The last time I went to Universal Studios was about 12 years ago. I had wanted to ride the new Simpsons ride which was the real purpose of my visit.

The Simpsons ride really met my expectations and was alot of fun. Nothing better than relaxing on a 75 degree November day after a boring holiday week at work.

I was reading this article called Why I Hate Frameworks and it got me thinking about the complexities of frameworks.  As a software developer sometimes it’s difficult enough to get the job done.  There are always many ways to get the job done but sometimes you’re confronted with too many choices. If you have to choose between multiple frameworks  deciding on which to use can be challenging. This in turns can be counterproducitve because you need a speciality tool for each task your accomplishing.

Do I agree with this? Yes and no. As a software developer I want to be given a choice of many ways I can accomplish a task because no two developers think the same way. I can also understand the downside of this. Do you really expect me to learn a new framework for each project I have to do? It really would be a waste of time if I would have to learn tools I would almost never use again or use infrequently.