> i once got a really nice compliment from a redis-kubernetes-database-enjoyer-type friend who said "anon can outmaneuver your big data team with a bash script" and then i stared into the middle distance for awhile thinking about how all the coreutils and system calls are written in c that's been optimized by generations of high iq autism and prescription amphetamines and you get all that for free just by typing `mkdir` and `grep` but since the shell has no "community" it doesn't map onto primate coalitional sports team psychology the way language wars do and that's when I woke up and realized it's 1863 and programming was all a dream and the only kind of automation we have to worry about is slaves and all my slaves respect me and heck im not afraid to say i've grown to respect them right back after a time and my how beautifully the negroes can belt out a tune when you let them sing, sing anything, whether the old songs or new i don't believe there's any hymn in any church on god's earth that can rival a negro spiritual at sunset and my 11yo wife is pregnant again she cooks a mean pecan bluebird pie and grandma's recovering from the rickets just fine she says as she rocks gently back and forth on the porch darning the holes in the children's socks as the light of the lord dances across the tobacco fields at dusk and i can no longer remember what i dreamt about last night > > -anonymous developer, circa 0x09 P.A.