That is, people who underestimate the difficulty of a project are more likely to attempt it, and people who don't understand the area well are more likely to underestimate its difficulty.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winner%27s_curse

The systemd way seems to be "one tool of complexity 40 to 50 things" rather than "50 tools of complexity 1 each doing one thing".

When you only need 10 things, you only need 10 simple tools of complexity 10, rather than one tool of complexity 40.

Though, I see unfulfilled urge to give Linux "serious enterprise grade" twist, and bog everything in "serious enterprise frameworks of doom"