> Nice idea but I don't understand why people write bash scripts more than a few lines long. From a pragmatic perspective I agree. But I think you’re missing t

> Nice idea but I don't understand why people write bash scripts more than a few lines long. From a pragmatic perspective I agree. But I think you’re missing the point here. A lot of the most entertaining, and dare I say inspiring content, found on Hacker News is about exactly things like this. Things that seem silly, but are also very intentionally pushing the boundaries to the extreme/absurd.