Brandon,

"That's why I'm here to set the record straight."

Arrogant much?

The clear implication is that your own experience trumps that of anyone else because they must be a "replication novice". ...

"Brittleness of Replication" is the best way I've heard of to describe that feature.

Replication is awesome when it works but there seems to be no end of weird circumstances that...

I think maybe you're right. This one isn't going to get resolved one way or the other.

It kind of reminds me of the the old programmer's argument of how...

Spaces preferred. The problem with tabs, as mentioned in the article is that people don't use them consistently. So you get spaces and tabs mixed, which results in...

No way would I want to sign a contract for this.

First, this particular issue has never been a problem anywhere I've worked.

Second, I work for a large company and we're...