> This nets effects like the recent statistic I heard (which I have not confirmed but which I find credible) that over 100 exceptions are thrown and caught in the process of a normal “dir c:\” command in the Monad managed shell (the accuracy of this anecdote is not important, I’m not trying to make a statement about Monad, but rather the ease with which one can abuse exceptions). [Monad was ultimately wildly successful and became Powershell]

I know he's not making a statement about Powershell, but I always thought it was insane how long it takes for Powershell to start up. I've been using Nushell lately, which has a lot of similar features and "structured date" philosophy, and it starts instantly.

Shoutout to the "open with" dialog in Windows 11, the laggiest version of this dialog box (by far) since its introduction three decades ago.