> It's really easier for me, individually to try and deal with the consequences than to have to set up and supervise a system that might help me if I screw up.
Aye, there's the rub: you're you: smart, handsome, successful. You're intelligent enough to know what you're doing or at least to figure out how to fix something if you do happen to make a mistake.
Conversely, I'm me: the average user. It's a miracle I can think (for a broad definition of think) and breathe at the same time. For the one time in a decade that my one brain cell overexerts itself and I try to do something 'clever' it's really helpful if the system can limit the amount of damage I cause. And I think that for the average pseudo-sentient troglodyte like myself it's better to have a system which is awkward to use but hard to break rather than something that gives enough rope.
It's kinda like the difference between a programming language with manual memory management and something like Rust (with the borrow checker) or Lisp (with garbage collection). For someone with a modicum of intelligence C is fine, but the majority of people are better off with a language that keeps the sharp objects locked safely (if you'll pardon the pun) away.
Aye, there's the rub: you're you: smart, handsome, successful. You're intelligent enough to know what you're doing or at least to figure out how to fix something if you do happen to make a mistake.
Conversely, I'm me: the average user. It's a miracle I can think (for a broad definition of think) and breathe at the same time. For the one time in a decade that my one brain cell overexerts itself and I try to do something 'clever' it's really helpful if the system can limit the amount of damage I cause. And I think that for the average pseudo-sentient troglodyte like myself it's better to have a system which is awkward to use but hard to break rather than something that gives enough rope.
It's kinda like the difference between a programming language with manual memory management and something like Rust (with the borrow checker) or Lisp (with garbage collection). For someone with a modicum of intelligence C is fine, but the majority of people are better off with a language that keeps the sharp objects locked safely (if you'll pardon the pun) away.