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I like some parts of the essay but I read "cute name" as "cutesy name" and cringe. Also the "make common cases easy" with the example of "find" isn't so convin
by throwaway81523 4y ago
I like some parts of the essay but I read "cute name" as "cutesy name" and cringe.
Also the "make common cases easy" with the example of "find" isn't so convincing. Find has a complete but complicated set of args, difficult to remember but cover every usage case, rather than just the common ones. ffmpeg is even more extreme that way. So I just use shell aliases to handle the common cases, rather than designing a whole different program for that.
Also, man pages are much worse than texinfo docs that you can actually navigate! They worked well when they were literally one printed page, but are a terrible format for complicated programs. Trying to find anything in the bash man page is a frequent exercise in frustration for me.