You are correct, experience to distinguish differences is important.  The original commentor really went for the &quot;it&#x27;s just X, why is it better than Y&quot;.<p>There are some who have the experience, pallet, and knowledge where they could easily answer that question across every nuance brought up.<p>At the same point, given the tone of the original comment, there are people where any explanation will not make a difference.<p>Even more absurd is the main negative commentators may be the same type of people to push one popular coding solution over another because &quot;popular&quot;.<p>Just like becoming adept with coding (not instantaneous web scale, redesign a few months later), cooking, knowledge of ingredients, experimentation, and learning takes time.<p>Three years on rice?  The Japanese have built a culture around learning very specific techniques in-depth which has merit.<p>Your skepticism is spot on.  The OC and similar comments seem typical of a tech culture that needs to get out and experience more.