Racks are perfect for most species that are kept in them. If the conditions weren't ideal for the animals you breed, you will have stressed animals and poor breeders. There's no way the big breeders that do this for a living would keep their animals in less than ideal conditions and get where they are at.
The idea that snakes and other reptiles should be kept in large glass enclosures with a bunch of decorations is basically propaganda generated by the pet store trade. It's a great way to turn a $100.00 reptile purchase into a $300.00 purchase in a hurry.
If you can keep your temps and humidity at appropriate levels and have a few reptiles, there's nothing wrong with keeping them in more elaborate setups, but much of the fancy stuff will go largely unused by your pets and these types of enclosures are very expensive and difficult to keep clean. Personally I don't recommend this method to most, and it's impossible for people who keep large collections.
Pythons are not communal by nature, and are stressed when housed together. Also, they do not like to be exposed so large, clear containers also tend to stress them.
Beardies have special needs when it comes to basking, UVB, etc, so I would be interested to see what a rack system looks like for them. Pics?
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