Rails Is a Ghetto (2007)
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He also wrote the Learn Python the Hard Way book and advocated against Python 3 for years. I learnt Python from that book and it was crazy how much vehement hate he had for Python 3.
He ultimately caved and wrote Learn Python 3 the Hard Way.