I have a thesis brewing that explores how rich text WYSIWYG editors create a "what you see is all there is" cognitive bias, while plain text overcomes it.
Homebrew provides access to a massive catalog of software, including many tools that are not packaged for Fedora, Debian, or Ubuntu. Homebrew relies on a high level of automation in GitHub actions, which ensures users get the latest versions of tools quickly, rather than waiting for distribution-specific repositories. The Homebrew approach also decouples the underlying system from what you choose to install in user-space.
"Better Auth" apparently has nothing to do with "Better Stack" which runs a product called "Better Uptime" and focuses on monitoring or incident response I guess, right?
it seems the parent comment isn't referring directly to encryption / TLS, but building everything on top of HTTP / HTTPS, which seems to be the default abstraction these days to build on top of.