top | item 45369186 The Unix-Haters Handbook (1994) 17 points| caned | 5 months ago |archive.org 2 comments order hn newest rightbyte|5 months ago I miss these long form nerd rants. 360 pages. I'd pick chain mail collections on handcrafted html sites over current day blog spam any day. lproven|5 months ago So many previous posts and discussions that I don't have time to copy and paste them all.https://hn.algolia.com/?q=unix+haters+handbookBut, yes, absolutely seminal text. Many of its complaints do still apply today. I'm glad people are still discovering it in 2025.
rightbyte|5 months ago I miss these long form nerd rants. 360 pages. I'd pick chain mail collections on handcrafted html sites over current day blog spam any day.
lproven|5 months ago So many previous posts and discussions that I don't have time to copy and paste them all.https://hn.algolia.com/?q=unix+haters+handbookBut, yes, absolutely seminal text. Many of its complaints do still apply today. I'm glad people are still discovering it in 2025.
rightbyte|5 months ago
lproven|5 months ago
https://hn.algolia.com/?q=unix+haters+handbook
But, yes, absolutely seminal text. Many of its complaints do still apply today. I'm glad people are still discovering it in 2025.