http://www.stevelongdo.com/articles/2006/11/30/liquid-templates-and-mephisto en-us 40 <p>I am done with <a href="http://home.leetsoft.com/liquid">Liquid Templates</a>. I grasp the idea of &#8220;user&#8221; editable code that is &#8220;safe&#8221;, but I don&#8217;t want to spend my time programming with it. Having spent time with <a href="http://mephistoblog.com">Mephisto</a> and working through the leakiness of the <a href="http://home.leetsoft.com/liquid">Liquid Template</a> abstraction, I now have an even greater appreciation for coding templates directly in <a href="http://ruby-lang.org">Ruby</a>.<br /><br /> This just confirms the wisdom of prophet <a href="http://www.loudthinking.com/arc/000405.html"><span class="caps">DHH</span> about &#8220;The false promise of template languages&#8221;</a>. <em>&lt;-That was posted back on Valentine&#8217;s Day 2005!</em><br /><br /> I am not a designer (INAD?) so why would I choose a blogging engine that doesn&#8217;t cater to me as a programmer? As a programmer, using <a href="1">Liquid</a> is the equivalent to having to wear a condom, all the time. I want the full <a href="http://ruby-lang.org">Ruby</a> sensation, thanks!</p> Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:21:00 +0000 urn:uuid:b638c5b5-4615-47ac-b795-940aa1ab26bd Steve Longdo http://www.stevelongdo.com/articles/2006/11/30/liquid-templates-and-mephisto ruby liquid mephisto