My problem is that things don't do what I need them to do any more. I've spent years learning how to run a computer like the devil just for it to constantly amo

My problem is that things don't do what I need them to do any more. I've spent years learning how to run a computer like the devil just for it to constantly amount to nothing because some asshole decided that everything needs to take the backseat to "It Just Works". More and more of the problems I run into that should be fixable by a config change, sloppy workaround, or (in the worst case) a quick patch are now just immutable facts of life. At some point the ideology has you spending more time dicking around, not less.