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Richard Guay

Currently, I switch between JavaScript, HTML, CSS, go, Node (just a little different from JavaScript), Lua, and Fish shell. I often write utility scripts in Awk, and jq. I use Python, PHP, and Lisp/Scheme to write extensions at various times for programs like fman, Alfred, LaunchBar, etc.

In my career, I have written significant amount of code (over 1,000 lines) in 22 different programming languages. There isn’t a one language for everything, but you have to pick the best tool for each job! That has always been my philosophy.