Honestly, pretty much everything is hacks on hacks. As a kernel hacker, hardware is hacks, firmware is hacks, kernel is hacks, it's turtles all the way down.

Honestly, pretty much everything is hacks on hacks. As a kernel hacker, hardware is hacks, firmware is hacks, kernel is hacks, it's turtles all the way down. The fact that anything works at all is a miracle. Some systems are better than others, but everything has some duct tape somewhere. Designs and algorithms are abstract, the implementation is never as nice. We as engineers have to make the best of what we have, and to prevent making the situation worse to the best of our ability.