"1. Safety - Remember Gregg and Jason in their Ruby on Rails vs PHP clips? The Rails guy goes to the beach while the PHP guy still tries to switch databases. Turns out hundreds of people die every year on beaches whereas the risk of dropping dead on your desk is next to nil. In fact, driving to work and most things you do during your spare time are far more life threatening than working on code and therefore the longer it takes, the better for your own personal safety." - Edmund Tay