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I think it is ineffective to only focus on command line "bullshittery" and not discuss API bullshittery. I think the problem of learning commands pales to the p
by int_handler 11y ago
I think it is ineffective to only focus on command line "bullshittery" and not discuss API bullshittery. I think the problem of learning commands pales to the problem of learning poorly-designed APIs. One extreme example of this is the Windows Event Tracing API [1], but there are many more along the same vein.
[1] http://mollyrocket.com/casey/stream_0029.html http://mollyrocket.com/casey/stream_0029.html
- TeMPOraL 11y agoThe two problems are sort of equivalent when you realize that the shell is just a REPL to your OS, and commands you type are, generally, API calls.