Is there any era that isn’t defined by cryptic error messages?
Maybe my perspective is just skewed by the fact that I start working when things stop working; but my experience has been that there are two basic types of systems: the ones with cryptic error messages; and the ones with cryptic error messages hidden under vague error messages.
To the degree that things look cleaner, it’s mostly because the horrible error spew is simply hidden, sometimes to the detriment of solving the problem, rather than being presented as though it will be of use to you.
