I like that people are motivated to simplify at various layers of the stack.<p>I'm a bit skeptical about how much they adhere to their definition of simplicity though.<p>"The dependencies of a system are part of that system and cannot be treated as a black box. The maintenance of the entire system is your responsibility."<p>They presumably treat their CPU, GPU, the grid and Internet as a black box?<p>Everyone has black box dependencies. From a dependency/simplicity POV, is a CPU, a GPU or the grid any different to stereotypically complex software like Clang, systemd, or Kubernetes?<p>Such powerful abstractions are how we have built systems that are used by billions of people, include the author.