Mason is a great tool. But it is complex and it is too easy to fall into the bad habits when learning it. PHP encourages those same bad habits.

If kitsune looks at Mason, I would encourage her (him?) to look very closely at discussions of best practices, and think hard about MVC models of application design.

Mason is a huge slice of awesome, but the helping is big enough that indigestion may ensue if it is not approached with caution.