fp.

Like the author, I am saddened by systemd. I'm not rabidly opposed to it. I use it because Debian uses it and I like debian. And in some ways, I like the consistency better than the plethora of init script/run levels I used to have to deal with. But it does lack (to me) the Unix gestalt of having composable little pieces that could be pretty well put together and are each individually documentable and compose well in conceptual space as well. There was less surprises and nuanced side effects.

gausswho•12m ago

Great timing this article. I came to HN to escape a frustration point where this blooming script behaves differently when wrapped in a systemd service than when I run it on its own. I suspect there's some systemd punctuatory dance with a throwaway character here or there to semaphore me off to neverneverland. It's so inscrutable sometimes.

uecker•9m ago

I wholeheartedly I agree with the author and you. It is sad how Linux is incrementally reshaped based on ideas which often betray the original principles that made UNIX, it derivatives, and copies great. But it is on us to create alternatives. It is free software after all.