Tom Morris on Nostr: I'm not reflexively anti-systemd but the level of complexity of systemd timers ...
I'm not reflexively anti-systemd but the level of complexity of systemd timers compared to crontab is offputting.
Wiring up a twenty line shell script for automating backups (etc.) takes way longer, and way more open documentation tabs, than it really ought to.
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