Rob Pike already pointed out the growing complexity of our systems - http://harmful.cat-v.org/cat-v/unix_prog_design.pdf http://harmful.cat-v.org/cat-v/unix_pro

Rob Pike already pointed out the growing complexity of our systems - http://harmful.cat-v.org/cat-v/unix_prog_design.pdf http://harmful.cat-v.org/cat-v/unix_prog_design.pdf This is all incidental complexity caused by people adding dependencies and options without caring about the cognitive overload they introduce.