http://ayende.comAyende @ RahienCopyright (C) Ayende Rahien 2004 - 2021 (c) 202660When I read the first two paragraphs, I started formulating a comment; lo and behold, I found something strikingly similar to that comment in the last three paragraphs! Now, here's a question: how easy is it to discover the model? Where do you go for this? Do you know of places to get models in a nice, distilled format, or do you have to do the distilling yourself? I had a very difficult time figuring out the ASP.NET designers' mentality; I don't think I understand it very well even now, but I do have a better idea. I feel like I am starting to understand core, language and framework-independent issues and paradigms; connecting these with a particular language or framework seems [significantly] harder than it otherwise could be. http://ayende.com/2164/how-are-you-keeping-up-with-this-deluge-of-technology#comment4http://ayende.com/2164/how-are-you-keeping-up-with-this-deluge-of-technology#comment4Wed, 07 Mar 2007 14:50:13 GMT@Sahil, Absolutely, I agree that this isn't the best solution for technologies that _I am not using_. I have at least a passing familiarity with those. I do insist on knowing a lot more about the stuff that I am using. http://ayende.com/2164/how-are-you-keeping-up-with-this-deluge-of-technology#comment3http://ayende.com/2164/how-are-you-keeping-up-with-this-deluge-of-technology#comment3Tue, 06 Mar 2007 13:05:43 GMTAyende, Ever heard the phrase, "Little knowledge is a dangerous thing"? I think what you suggest here, is about all we can do anymore. It isn't the ideal case where an architect does know and understand a wide array of technologies. .NET is going the C++ route frankly, it used to be C, then C++, then Win32 (and until there it was manageable). Then we had MFC, STL, OWL API, ATL, COM - BOOM! (Boom isn't a real technology). Gotta run. :) SM http://ayende.com/2164/how-are-you-keeping-up-with-this-deluge-of-technology#comment2http://ayende.com/2164/how-are-you-keeping-up-with-this-deluge-of-technology#comment2Tue, 06 Mar 2007 13:00:47 GMTI agree completely. Listen to the evangelism, take it on board and wait. Wait until you need it... LINQ however is something I need! http://ayende.com/2164/how-are-you-keeping-up-with-this-deluge-of-technology#comment1http://ayende.com/2164/how-are-you-keeping-up-with-this-deluge-of-technology#comment1Tue, 06 Mar 2007 07:39:51 GMT