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I'd raise an eyebrow, because plumbers here are a trade with on the job training, and pipework is an essential part of it.

Software has a huge surface area these days. That a trained software engineer isn't aware that HIDs and input subsystems are often highly hackable from userspace is no surprise to me.

They may also have been leaning into a compliment of OP in a self deprecating way.

shrug

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The problem isn't that you should know everything, but that you should know how to dig into these things. The op isn't even talking about HID and input subsystem, they're talking about replacing a goddamn binary in a package. It is a tiny step above working a Zip archive.

C'mon. Don't shrug me now after going all proverbial pointy finger at me for expecting an "Engineer" to know the basics.

OC provided a link to the git repo for his "binary switcher", which you should investigate..

It is of little interest to me since Solaar does all I need, but should I need to, I will dig right into. Nothing to sweat about.

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