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> • "There's still value in understanding the traditional UNIX "do one |
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> thing and do it well" model where many workflows can be done as a |
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> pipeline of simple tools each adding their own value, but let's face |
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> it, it's not how complex systems really work, and it's not how major |
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> applications have been working or been designed for a long time. It's |
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> a useful simplification, and it's still true at *some* level, but I |
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> think it's also clear that it doesn't really describe most of |
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> reality." |
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He doesn't make an actual argument why useful abstraction cannot be done |
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in complex systems. |
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