The world is filled with "good enough" solutions. If it has 80% of the functionally needed, it will be good enough for most use cases.
> the most meritorious solution never rises to the top
You know why? Because it was the best solution at the time that covered everything they needed. You can only complain about it because the initial problem was solved and people were able to move on to something else.
Does it work for what we need it to do? Yes? Ok. Now that we have settled this problem, we can continue on developing.
Meritocracy is only relevant to someone who has ideas but no desire or ability to actually structure the idea in such a way that would work in the world we find ourselves in today.
> Maybe D-Bus has something similar?
So you just commented here to say nothing but "dbus sucks because it isn't the best. I wonder if there are better options?".
Adderall has no positive relationship to my mental efficiency. It can in fact be a negative once your passed the 8 hour windows where its still in your system.
At the end of the day, it makes it easier to not bounce between different things. It doesn't help me be smarter. It helps me drive to work without needing to listen to music and be on my phone.
the amount of coworkers who have said "<ai tool> said X,Y,Z". Then they make basic mistakes with what they need to do and it becomes my problem.