Is that supposed to be a slam? I've been working on "custom" platforms for the better part of a decade.

I'm pretty sure he knows what it's designed for better than you given the fact he's the one who designed it.

Rails was literally lifted out of Basecamp into a standalone framework that works great for CRUD-style apps. You might personally prefer another approach or think this design failed but Rails was definitely designed for this use case.

And you work for "Mozilla Labs"? As a volunteer, or do they go ahead and hire nerds with no manners and silly notions about entitlement and technology?