
The Case Against Always Using Object-Oriented Programming
Picture this: you’re at a developer meetup, and someone asks about solving a simple data transformation problem. Without missing a beat, half the room starts sketching class hierarchies on napkins, talking about abstract factories and strategy patterns. Meanwhile, the other half quietly wonders if we’ve collectively lost our minds. Don’t get me wrong – Object-Oriented Programming isn’t the villain in this story. It’s a powerful paradigm that has given us incredible software systems....