Post #4252268
2026-07-30 20:12 UTC
making fun of systemd haters isn't fun any more. it used to be you could argue about source packaging vs binary packaging and standardized interfaces but now it's all just "well what if i actually like load-bearing broken shell scripts" and i can't parody that in a way that's funnier than saying it earnestly
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@sjolsen@tech.lgbt 2026-07-30 20:15
unix orthodoxists are like english patriots: "of course it's shit, it's supposed to be shit, and if you don't like it you can fuck off"
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@nelson@wetdry.world 2026-07-30 20:21
@sjolsen@tech.lgbt in theory, the entire idea of having the entire system be understood as a bunch of small programs written in an understandable syntax that does not require compilation nor recompilation, using the whole "files represent everything" unix architecture, is ACTUALLY a pretty nice and compelling idea The issue is that things don't work like that, systems are massively complex, things just don't work ideally, and not every problem can be solved with the unix hammer