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Which one??? (programming.dev)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Fuck it, .zshrc it is.

Image transcription:

Top text: I STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT SHOULD GO IN .*RC VERSUS .*PROFILE
Bottom text: AND AT THIS POINT I'M AFRAID TO ASK

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I feel like I couldn't make this more confusing if I tried. What is doing on with the golden arrows around /etc/profile??

[–] [email protected] 34 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That's decades of legacy for you...

I bet each step/arrow/decision had a good reason at some point, but most of them probably back when computers lived in caves and hunted their tapes using spears and rocks.

I feel like we're slowly reaching a point where the complexity is collapsing in on itself - just look at the absolute chaos a modern web app is.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

I was referring more to the graphical representation that the actual flows.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago

Agreed! It's cathartic to see it laid out so terrifying. Now I feel less bad for never understanding it.