~Unix & Cisco & Hacks~

...Sometimes, hacks may be ugly and only exist because someone had an itch that needed scratching. To the engineer, a hack is the ultimate expression of the Do-It-Yourself sentiment: no one understands how a hack came to be better than the person who felt compelled to solve the problem in the first place. If a person with a bent for problem solving thinks a given hack is ugly, then they are almost always irresistibly motivated to go one better and hack the hack...