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TypeScript, easily. 🙌 It's the language that finally let me move fast and sleep at night — the type system catches the dumb mistakes before they reach prod, and refactoring a large codebase stops feeling like defusing a bomb. The tooling and ecosystem are just icing. Python is my close second for anything data/AI-related though. What about everyone else — anyone here a Rust convert trying to pull me over? 👀
You're speaking my language with TS and Python! But I'm actually learning Rust right now, mostly because compiled Rust binaries are great for source code protection. It's a beast to learn compared to TS and Python, though—the borrow checker is fighting me every day! 😅
TypeScript ahh, I am trying to learn JS, I seem to be struggling I learned HTML,CSS fairly quickly
Have you tried Zig btw?
Hey K Vivaan,
I was on a similar path a while ago. One thing that helped me a lot was trying to understand how JavaScript works behind the scenes rather than just learning the syntax.
If you haven't already, you could start by learning about the V8 engine and how JavaScript executes code internally. It gave me a much better understanding of what was actually happening when I looked at my code.
Just sharing what worked for me—everyone learns differently, but it might be worth checking out.
oh that's great advice I will look into it
thanks 😄
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When I looked into the typescript codebase for the first time it was so over whelming to me but not a day does not passes by without it. Now I has started learning Go. Lets see how it goes.🚀
Hey everyone! 👋
I’m an AI/ML engineer passionate about building AI companions, agentic systems, and open-source projects.
Currently working on Yumii — a locally runnable AI companion with memory, voice, and Live2D integration.
Excited to connect and learn from everyone here!
Hey Biprayan, Yumii sounds wild. Locally runnable + memory + voice + Live2D is an ambitious combo, what's the trickiest piece so far, the memory persistence, the voice latency, or keeping Live2D in sync?
Curious if Yumii could load external "skill" modules at some point. I'm running a Claude Code skills directory at skillteca.com.br and wondering if local-first AI companions could plug into that kind of catalog too.
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Good idea!
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Python. By and large for two reasons. I would say it is one of the most easiest languages to train on and get into the coding space. And two, the most diversified. I don't think any other language would be the first one to get a library if a new technology emerges.
For building fast, serverless microservices, JavaScript is my absolute favorite—the developer ecosystem and speed of deploying API routes on Vercel are unmatched.
However, for quick scripting, data analysis, and backtesting FX trading models, I always fall back to Python. They make the perfect combo!
Definitely TypeScript! It’s saved me huge headaches when it comes to troubleshooting my code, and I’ve already switched some of my projects to it. But even though the process of switching it was a bit of a pain, it was worth it in the end 😄
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More of a framework but pytorch has to be my favorite. Nothing else really compares for rapid ML model development.
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Hi everyone, I'm Mayree, a Customer Service Representative transitioning into tech(Front-End Development).
The journey hasn't been easy. I've spent a lot of time stuck in tutorial hell, often not knowing what to learn next. Sometimes I learn something new, then find myself going back to learn something else instead of building.
I'm hoping this community will be my last stop on that cycle. My goal is to focus on understanding what I learn, applying it in real projects, and turning knowledge into actual code and solutions.
I'm excited to learn, build, and grow alongside everyone here. Looking forward to connecting with you all!
Welcome, Mayree.
Tutorial hell is familiar to many of us. What helped me was picking one very small thing and finishing it, even if the code was ugly.
Good luck with front-end. Share what you build here — small projects count too.
Thank you Eugene!
Shifting your focus to building real projects is absolutely the right move. I spend a lot of my time spinning up my own web apps and automation tools, and I can promise you that the real learning happens when things break and you have to figure out how to fix them yourself.
Don't worry about knowing everything before you start. Just pick a small project and dive in. Looking forward to seeing what front-end solutions you build!
Thank you! I really needed to hear this. I've spent a lot of time jumping from tutorial to tutorial, so I'm intentionally focusing more on building now, even if it's not perfect. Looking forward to sharing my progress and learning from everyone here!
Haaaiiiii, my name is Farhan, I may not be from the same field but I do relate on the part where you're stuck in hours of tutorial learning about programming etc, it can be really daunting and a steep hill to climb (the last half year to finally understand and be able to explain things at a glance) but it felt so rewarding once I did. It's even more fun to build projects, especially those that could solve real-world solutions etc. Can't wait to see your future work! All the Best ✨️💪🏻
Hiii Farhan! Thank you so much for the encouragement. It honestly means a lot coming from someone who's been through the same struggles and come out stronger on the other side.
I'm looking forward to focusing more on building and solving real-world problems, even if it's one small project at a time. Thanks again for the motivation, and I can't wait to see more of your work as well!
Welcome mayree, I am also new here
Thank you Ibrahim! Glad to meet someone who's new here too. What area of tech are you learning or working in? I'm currently on the frontend development path.
Hey Mayree - I'm on a similar learning path, and would love to connect and motivate one another!
Hi T! Thanks for reaching out. It's nice to know I'm not alone on this journey. I'd love to connect and cheer each other on as we learn and build. Wishing you the best on your tech journey!
Hi, I finished university a while ago now with a degree in AI, I signed up to this site to hopefully share work on my projects, knowledge and to connect with others in the tech and AI industry, and somewhat game development.
👋 Hey everyone, Sebastian here from Cali, Colombia.
I'm a software engineer and consultant. Outside of client work, I build small projects to learn and experiment. Right now that includes a multiplayer party game at games.valdemird.com and a growing collection of developer tooling projects.
Lately I've been focused on a question: how do we make AI assistants genuinely useful for day-to-day software development, not just impressive in demos? Most of my experiments and writing revolve around that.
I share what I learn—in both English and Spanish—at valdemird.com. Looking forward to sharing some of those ideas here and learning from what everyone else is building.
Fun fact: I started with React Native before I ever touched React on the web. Mobile came first; the DOM came later.
What are you learning, building, or experimenting with these days?
Hey Sebastian , your question about making AI genuinely useful day-to-day rather than impressive in demos is exactly what I've been thinking about too. I've been experimenting with MCP and LLM gateways for infrastructure use cases. What's been the biggest gap you've noticed between demo AI and actually useful AI in your experiments?
hey, i am on a similar path too , would like to connect .
Hey Sebastian! Your journey with tech is really cool, and I definitely want to check out your game. I'm learning web development and data analytics right now.
Hey everyone! 👋
My name is Vaibhavi. I'm a frontend developer currently learning backend, finally opening the folder where the backend lives and hoping for the best 😅
Exploring Node.js, databases, APIs, and AI while building full-stack projects and documenting the whole messy journey along the way.
Excited to be here and looking forward to learning from the community, sharing ideas, and connecting with people building interesting things.
Hello Vaibhavi, finally opening the folder where the backend lives, honestly this is the bast description of starting backend development I've heard. One quick question, what's the first thing that susprised you once you got in there?
Haha, thanks!
The biggest surprise was realizing the backend folder wasn't just a single folder.
It was several folders, a database, a dozen environment variables, and at least one error message that refused to explain itself!!
Hello! I've gotten pretty into Cython recently. I'm not quite a systems lang programmer but love Cython for its inherent speed and Python-like syntax and Python interoperability (the language I have far more experience in). Glad to be here!
Hey! DevOps engineer from Korea. Been working with Python and Django for a while —
mostly infrastructure, CI/CD, database migrations. Just shipped my first open source
tool and figured this was a good place to share things. Excited to be here!
Hey everyone! 👋
I’m an electronics engineer with a PhD in AI, but my passion is coding and development.
I recently built my own desktop tool: an AI writing mentor to assist me daily with my writing tasks. Because data privacy is essential to me, I designed it to run 100% locally using local LLMs. No cloud, total confidentiality.
Excited to join the community and chat about local AI setups with you all! 🚀
Hi All!
I am Pratik Goswami, a Frontend Engineer based in Bangalore, India.
I am deeply passionate about modern web architecture and UI engineering—specifically:
Lately, I’ve been spending my time diving into frontend system design and building side projects focused on real-time collaboration tools and performance optimization.
Excited to join the community here, read some great technical breakdowns, and share some of my own insights down the line. Let’s connect!
Welcome, Pratik.
Frontend system design is a great rabbit hole. The deeper you go, the more you realize performance and UX are not separate topics at all.
Real-time collaboration tools sound interesting too. Looking forward to seeing what you share.
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