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  I only objected to the use of “only” in the comment above. I’d like to object to “never” as well.

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  If I understood your idea correctly, my proposal is the opposite of what you mentioned. I argue for more of better integrated software that does less.

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  The Unix way and integration complexity Over the decades I’ve seen the praise and critique of the “Unix way”. I don’t remember about the aspect I’ll describe below. This might be a banality, and I haven’t invested much thought into it either. I’m just curious to hear your opinions. At the core of the Unix way is that tools should do just one thing. Users very often need results that can only be achieved after doing several things. With only single-purpose tools at hand, users have to integrat...