This article describes why portability is hard even across Unix-like operating systems, which are for the most part actually trying to implement standards in go

This article describes why portability is hard even across Unix-like operating systems, which are for the most part actually trying to implement standards in good faith. But for my money, where portability really gets hard is when you try to make something work across platforms where the platform vendors are actively, strategically dedicated to sabotaging portability. Software engineers who want their skills to be as valuable as possible will forever be at odds with platform vendors who do everything to lock them in.