Idea: The WCUPoS¹ Award
Criteria for nomination:
- Ubiquitous usage
- Persistent pain points
- Archaic API & UX
- Steep, non-intuitive learning curve
- Hostile error behavior
- Entrenched legacy dependence
- Maintainability hell
Current nominees:
- ncurses: Ubiquitous terminal UI library with arcane APIs, historical baggage, and known memory-leak behavior.
- lsof: Diagnostic tool with a code style that pre-dates Egyptian hieroglyphics by millenia
¹Worst Commonly-Used Piece of Software
