The article seems to miss a very important factor of the Unix philosophy and that is "Make every program a filter" which means you also have to "Write programs

The article seems to miss a very important factor of the Unix philosophy and that is "Make every program a filter" which means you also have to "Write programs to work together". Having a program that can do one thing well without left-pad is a worthwhile endeavor but if you can't leverage it for more than its original intended purpose has it truly reached its full potential?