What I was thinking while reading this was, ok there are toxic communities out-there. this guy seems to be fighting that.
Just to reply an specific:
Rejecting a programming language outright makes you a poorer technologist.
I kinda disagree here. In the end, personal preferences matter. If you just don't feel comfortable in a language/ecosystem you better change to another one you do like.
Personal example: I do not like python (the ecosystem, the tools, the docs), so I avoid it as much as i can - I'm just happier with js. It does have use cases, but If the decision is on me, I will try other alternatives
Good post!
==== EDIT ====
I've just read again your quote: you said " rejected a p. language outright"
So I do agree xD
I was replying to : "rejecting a p. language makes you...."
My point is: you can have preferences and avoid those tools you just don't like... But extremism is always a bad thing 👍
That's totally fair. But saying "python is hot garbage" makes you miss potentially miss out on say, the jupyter ecosystem, maybe new patterns and libraries, or just being able to maintain a python codebase when needed.
Of course, you don't have to do any of those things, but there is a difference between "python is not for me, I have better uses for my time" and "python sucks and there is no value whatsoever in it."
I personally have strong distaste for python, especially for bigger projects, but I see the good in it, and surely if someone comes to me with a cool python project I won't reject it outright because it's in python.
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What I was thinking while reading this was, ok there are toxic communities out-there. this guy seems to be fighting that.
Just to reply an specific:
I kinda disagree here. In the end, personal preferences matter. If you just don't feel comfortable in a language/ecosystem you better change to another one you do like.
Personal example: I do not like python (the ecosystem, the tools, the docs), so I avoid it as much as i can - I'm just happier with js. It does have use cases, but If the decision is on me, I will try other alternatives
Good post!
==== EDIT ====
I've just read again your quote: you said " rejected a p. language outright"
So I do agree xD
I was replying to : "rejecting a p. language makes you...."
My point is: you can have preferences and avoid those tools you just don't like... But extremism is always a bad thing 👍
That's totally fair. But saying "python is hot garbage" makes you miss potentially miss out on say, the jupyter ecosystem, maybe new patterns and libraries, or just being able to maintain a python codebase when needed.
Of course, you don't have to do any of those things, but there is a difference between "python is not for me, I have better uses for my time" and "python sucks and there is no value whatsoever in it."
I personally have strong distaste for python, especially for bigger projects, but I see the good in it, and surely if someone comes to me with a cool python project I won't reject it outright because it's in python.