I appreciate the overall message the article is trying to communicate "Silence is golden, in many contexts for many reasons - be considerate before you make noi

I appreciate the overall message the article is trying to communicate "Silence is golden, in many contexts for many reasons - be considerate before you make noise", but, as an aside, the third reason, "command line programs", should include the a reference to stderr keeping things out of view of your pipe and doing a good job of making sure you don't clutter your command pipes.