[zadwang]

The set of unix utilities have been tested a long time. I just wish the kernel and key utilities keeps fixed and not changed. Unless absolutely necessary. Don’t fix it if it ain’t broken. The software empire seems out of control.

[JonChesterfield]

It is all broken. The quick hack to make things kind of work today, compounded across fifty years and a million developers.

There are occasional shining lights of stuff done right but I think it's fair to say they're comprehensively outcompeted.