The real challenge is how to build quality electronics without spending thousands on equipment. Can a hobbyist solder and build a surface-mount design?
At Atomic, we pair pragmatically—not dogmatically. While all work could benefit from having another set of eyes, not all work needs that constant attention.
A simple command processing engine in C++ using Qt and QtScriptEngine for parsing JSON. The server, which initiates simple exchanges, is written trivially in Ruby.
Rather than arguing that a technology is inferior/superior overall, discuss where it's particularly useful, and whether another technology would would work better.