If you want an even-earlier-published article to point to as well, this has been mine: https://crawshaw.io/blog/one-process-programming-notes

There's also the venerable "Taco Bell Programming": http://widgetsandshit.com/teddziuba/2010/10/taco-bell-progra....

It all boils down to unix principles, I guess: use the most simple (but not simplistic) tools for the job.