Terrible bash is worse than bash

There’s endless cargo cult about bash being a terrible language and how it should be avoided in favor of go and python for any script longer than N lines. The fact is, no language is going to protect you from being a terrible programmer.

There are many good reasons for using bash where it is suited. There are many good reasons for _not_ using bash where it is not suited.

No matter what the reason is though, there’s no excuse for not using ShellCheck when writing Bash scripts. Every warning and error is clearly documented at https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/wiki. It’s an amazing tool, give it a try.