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Discussion on: Why do you use your language/stack?

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Avalander

For web apps and web services, nowadays I use mostly nodejs + express in the backend and Hyperapp in the frontend. I like working with Javascript because, despite all its faults, (1) it's really easy to start a new project and get something up and running, and (2) a lot of people are trying to stir the language in different directions and it's becoming more and more of a chimera language, which I don't like per se, but that means that it's easy to write code in my preferred style.

For most other things I use Python. I guess I mostly choose Python because it's readily available in all major Linux distros, which means that I can run my stuff anywhere I need to without any prior set up. Besides, I find that it's a nice language and it's pleasant to write code in it.