As someone who teaches basic programming type things, and enjoys hacking away at things solo, I really like this reframing and reconsideration of that good ol'

As someone who teaches basic programming type things, and enjoys hacking away at things solo, I really like this reframing and reconsideration of that good ol' "Unix Way" type of thinking, and why I'm a huge fan of Bash for everything, and it makes me wonder why it isn't more "text everywhere." In the back of my head I don't think I'll ever be convinced that those reasons aren't mostly arbitrary. (i.e. language/tool developers for other developers subconsciously fomenting lock-in)