[Article] Fourteen for, Fourteen against, why I love, hate and connect with Node-RED

Mostly fair I think. Couple of minor points perhaps:

You mention sub-flows several times but you don't point out that they create DUPLICATE code when deployed. This is a critical detail that sometimes catches people out. You also don't mention the alternative which is the use of the link-call node to access a section of flow elsewhere that can return - that does not duplicate code and so is a better choice in some cases.

Which also takes us onto point 17 about deep linking. Deep linking is certainly an anti-pattern in flow-based programming. It also isn't required because of the use of the link-call node. Visual programming should be visual and not have hidden paths.

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