[forgottenpass]

Turns out the whole computing world is built on top of this terrible tech which many people hate, yet somehow it's moving forward.

Well, yes. Your hyperbole is actually the current state of affairs. Progress doesn't mean the things you're building on are good, just that they can be made to work. In fact, progress is the evolutionary process of throwing away some of the old stuff, calling it shit, and replacing it with the new hotness.