>"but never ever write a script for one. Use Python or Ruby or just about anything besides a shell."

And create a massive overhead because these python scripts just keep on breaking? No thanks, shell has its issues but saying not to use them anymore in simple scripts any to much of a hot take for me. (but please note this is a very biased take on my park)

Unless you're of course only want to use perl scripts... those things will keep on running for decades without ever breaking (or being readable)