So a friend and I were talking about specific CABs, and containers, and DI, and MVP, and AOP/Cross-cutting injection, when I stopped and had to laugh. It reminded me of this post: http://discuss.joelonsoftware.com/default.asp?joel.3.219431.12 At this point, some of you may be saying, "But Rob... OK, so a lot of these 'frameworks' are getting out of hand, but haven't you posted previously about how most modern software is completely unmaintainable without frameworks?" Yep, guilty as charged. However, to quote Einstein: "Make everything as simple as possible, but no simpler." And this gets to the crux of this year's push for me - how to convey that...