Just to be clear, when I read something like "the worst part is that this code is embedded directly in your page" when referring to putting code in a page, I have to laugh.

I would much rather be able to find the d*** code in the page than have to go digging around in some half-a** layered architecture wondering where the h***. is the piece of code causing the error.

too many people scatter code through app-code folders, code-beside,compiled assemblies and stored procedures to the point that it becomes a nightmare.

Everybody is not going to adopt some individuals idea of the ideal layering scheme so give it up.

if MS would come back to the MVC model for website development there would be no need for all of this layering jibber jabber.