I agree with the principle, but disagree with most of the specific consequences mentioend in the article.
We shouldn't use newer tools just because we like new, shiny technology. And we definitely shouldn't push them on our non-technical customers.
But! Saying that modern tools are not more convenient is wrong. Copy-pasting the same change to 8 files is not an improvement. It's not an improvement both practically, since you will mess up on the 18th change you're required to make. And it's not an improvement in reality, because in reality the people who don't use something to abstract this problem away don't do it because plain HTML/CSS is better, it's because they don't know how to solve this issue, or even that they need to solve this issue.
The technical world is better because we assume that you won't have to hand-edit and hand-apply changes in the way the article talks about.
And lastly, anyone thinking that WordPress is a problem is simply mistaken. WordPress is one of the most popular systems for getting real-life people to be able to create and post content to the web. The kind of people who don't have a clue what HTML is, and who couldn't care less.
For these people, and arguably for most people who want a quick web site with a nice-looking theme and easy ability to create and edit content, then WordPress is the best option by far. Even knowing many other technologies and being in general a power-user, I still use WordPress extensively. There's no easier way to get a decent looking site online.
We shouldn't use newer tools just because we like new, shiny technology. And we definitely shouldn't push them on our non-technical customers.
But! Saying that modern tools are not more convenient is wrong. Copy-pasting the same change to 8 files is not an improvement. It's not an improvement both practically, since you will mess up on the 18th change you're required to make. And it's not an improvement in reality, because in reality the people who don't use something to abstract this problem away don't do it because plain HTML/CSS is better, it's because they don't know how to solve this issue, or even that they need to solve this issue.
The technical world is better because we assume that you won't have to hand-edit and hand-apply changes in the way the article talks about.
And lastly, anyone thinking that WordPress is a problem is simply mistaken. WordPress is one of the most popular systems for getting real-life people to be able to create and post content to the web. The kind of people who don't have a clue what HTML is, and who couldn't care less.
For these people, and arguably for most people who want a quick web site with a nice-looking theme and easy ability to create and edit content, then WordPress is the best option by far. Even knowing many other technologies and being in general a power-user, I still use WordPress extensively. There's no easier way to get a decent looking site online.