https://kukuruku.co/post/the-collapse-of-the-unix-philosophy/ In the first part of the article, I will enumerate lots of UNIX cheap and dirty hacks, and other various drawbacks. In the second part, we’ll talk about the UNIX philosophy. UNIX Haters Handbook https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13781815 http://web.mit.edu/~simsong/www/ugh.pdf When I read this 20 years ago I would never have believed I'd be typing this on a Mac laptop running yet another Unix variant. This line is now so funny... As for me? I switched to the Mac. No more grep, no more piping, no more SED scripts. Just a simple, elegant life: “Your application has unexpectedly quit due to error number –1. OK?” UNIX - The World'd First Computer Virus ;)