> Basically hacks on hacks on hacks added organically to offer extensibility and the hacks have enough social adoption and are good enough that we stick with th

> Basically hacks on hacks on hacks added organically to offer extensibility and the hacks have enough social adoption and are good enough that we stick with them. The more I learn about the deep depths of modern computing, the more I realize that they're actually full of inelegant legacy cruft.