Does Visual Studio Rot the Mind? Slashdot Link
I liked the article and I feel the pull between "pure code" and "getting it done".
I very rarely visit slashdot, but I went yesterday and there was a thread about the Petzold article, it has some good comments.
http://it.slashdot.org/it/05/10/26/1935250.shtml?tid=156&tid=166&tid=8
Edit: I missnamed the posting, so I've updated it to what I hope is more correct.