[howLongHowLong]

Its not too difficult to just ignore all search results that reference "bandit" or "overthewire", and thus have an identical experience to before. I suspect there were places on the internet in 2012 where people discussed and disseminated bash tips and tricks.

[yakshaving_jgt]

In 2012? There were places like that in 2002. The technical landscape hasn’t changed wildly in the past decade.