> Editing text configuration files, wrangling with file systems, memory layouts and protection, hardware drivers, even patching binary executables with hex edit

> Editing text configuration files, wrangling with file systems, memory layouts and protection, hardware drivers, even patching binary executables with hex editors sometimes! These are terrible things to have to spend time on. This comment section reads like someone missing having to set dip switches on sound cards so they don't conflict with your printer.