The old Unix koans were funny, and probably a bit gauche to real Buddhists, but they did a good job of capturing this. The growth of programming as an abstract

The old Unix koans were funny, and probably a bit gauche to real Buddhists, but they did a good job of capturing this. The growth of programming as an abstract, professional business has seen a lot of growth in cargo cult practices. There's a lot to be said for respecting the system you describe, where no one is a master of a system unless they can clearly understand when to disregard that system.