[andolanra]

This isn't a unifying standard, which is what the XKCD comic is about. It's not attempting to take other standards and develop the One To Rule Them All—you know, like the first panel of the comic describes—but rather building a different tool that's a better fit for some specific use-cases.

Honestly, if the internet had been around when the screwdriver was invented, the Hacker News commenters of the time would have been linking to XKCD 927 along with snide comments about how hammers and wrenches already exist.

[estebarb]

"A wheel? Don't be silly, how are you going to add wheels to a horse?" (Prehistoric HN commenter)

[philipswood]

Hammers, wrenches!

Rolls eyes.

Screwdrivers scale!

Screwdrivers are scalable, idempotent and functional.

Can't believe you are serving 100 villagers with hammers. Hammers make everything look like a nail. And it's impossible to make comments with wrenches.