That essay has already been written, Rob Pike's UNIX Style, or cat -v Considered Harmful [1]. It inspired a web site and project devoted to simplifying Unix [2

That essay has already been written, Rob Pike's UNIX Style, or cat -v Considered Harmful [1]. It inspired a web site and project devoted to simplifying Unix [2]. [1] http://harmful.cat-v.org/cat-v/ http://harmful.cat-v.org/cat-v/ [2] http://cat-v.org/ http://cat-v.org/