+++ date = "2022-06-23T03:26:50+00:00" lastmod = "2022-06-23T03:26:50+00:00" tags = [ "musings" ] author = "tdro" +++ It's painful to realize that a program's state is name spaced wrongly/scattered. You've then got to either accept the complexity or rewrite select portions + migrate to a more correct data hierarchy. Databases exist to make that easier. Though, {{< abbr imo "in my opinion" >}} the simplest form of system administration is when you only have to backup/copy state directories from one computer to the next.