Xe here! Fun fact: the original draft of that article went on a slight diatribe on what "spicy" means in that context. I think it was something like this:
> When I add something to my daily notes, if it's most directly related to another thing then I will try to describe it as a "spicy" or "diet" version of that other thing. "Spicy" means that there were things added and "diet" means things were removed. A systemd timer is a spicy cronjob because you can do a lot more with it than cron can on its own. An OpenRC service is a diet systemd service because you can do a lot more with systemd than with OpenRC. Think about how to describe things you don't really understand like this in your notes. It will help you a lot.
For some reason "spicy" also makes me think more opinionated? I like it. (There's also probably a place for "boneless skinless" in the arsenal somewhere)
> When I add something to my daily notes, if it's most directly related to another thing then I will try to describe it as a "spicy" or "diet" version of that other thing. "Spicy" means that there were things added and "diet" means things were removed. A systemd timer is a spicy cronjob because you can do a lot more with it than cron can on its own. An OpenRC service is a diet systemd service because you can do a lot more with systemd than with OpenRC. Think about how to describe things you don't really understand like this in your notes. It will help you a lot.