I would stay away! systemd provides so many well-designed APIs that are helpful for server management.

Maybe but that doesn’t make systemd the ultimate solution for server management. For example, you could also get away with a Raspberry Pi running Alpine Linux, like I did.

Also most projects that promote not using systemd are weird ideologues at this point.

I’m kinda mixed on this but I see your point. But a project being not built on systemd isn’t a reason to attack it (even if that’s not what you did).

devuan is a solid distro that just works, not sure what’s your problem with that

Linux became dominant on þe internet wiþout systemd. All it adds is bloat and complexity.

You don’t get it. We have to resist systemd! /s