So is it "It just works" or "Shit just works"?

"Yes"

I've always read it as "shit just works". Why would the "sh" be there if we weren't supposed to read it?

Some alternative , nerdy interpretations follow:

• sh: it just works. You don't need bash, zsh, fish, tcsh or anything else, just running sh will provide a shell environment.
• sh: IT just works. Similar to the previous interpretation, but also stating that IT (Information Technology, which is meant to mean the IT department) just works with sh.

shhhh. it just works.

Probably the latter. I've seen it abbreviated as SJW, that's unnecessary don't do that. Am I old?

Hmmm. What if it's because the admin was an old school Linux user and never took to bash. "sh. it just works".

Sh! It just works.

I always assumed that it was supposed to be ambiguous between them for humor purposes

Shhh... we don't ask such things around here.. it just works (tm) that way..

Why not both?

sh. it's plausible deniability 🤫

Shell it just works

It's "S Hit Just Works" and it's the slapping car meme.

The "S" is because the car salesman has a slight lisp.

Slaps Instance this bad boy just works.

Its:

"shhh... nothing is broken, ignore all the bugs and pretend it all just works, mm'kay?"

sh.itjust.works

Shhhhhhh... ^itjustworks

Shit just works - forever and always.

(shh, it just works and shit just works are both valid - the intent was the former IIRC - but the latter is obviously the superior choice. I'm also partial to sh.it.heads when referring to users [cheeky, but thought about in the same way as Deadheads for Grateful Dead fans])

“it just works”

The “Sh” is silent…

Since DNS is hierarchical, it could be set up so that they both work.

Shi Tju - STW orks

Idk but I picked the instance for the sense of humor in the name either way.

My brain pronounces it as the latter, though the extra jokes make it better.

I always read it as

ess heych dot it just works

Yes

Id put it in the words of god Howard:
It just works https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPN0qhSyWy8

I pronounce it "this post hidden due to instance block settings".