The software craftsmanship movement seems to be completely divorced from reality. For one, I can't for the life of me work out why they would list "The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp" as a reading. That book was terrible.

It basically seems to just be a short list of tautologies. No one in their right mind would disagree on what is on the list, but they leave off basically anything about software that might actually help you achieve anything or improve the way you do it.

It seems to be some zen-like meditation based method of improvement, completely devoid of substance.

I don't like the article, but I'm fine with people reclaiming the word "craftsmanship".