Computers: convention vs. configuration; how configurations break reliability

I don't see much of anything to rip on, aside from the fact that I don't actually believe in simple software under the hood, because more complex software can target more use cases and be more of a standard.

Over the past few years I have been aggressively removing tinkered-with tech from my life, and it's been great. Thousands of lines of code gone, many side projects that nobody else seemed to care about archived and forgotten, several new popular technologies learned, features removed that weren't worth the trouble of explaining or learning.

I call it decustomization, the art of making your tech less interesting.