Programming

Let’s be honest - if you’re using VSCode, you’re basically admitting you need training wheels for coding. Real developers use Vim or Emacs (but mostly Vim, because Emacs is just an operating system pretending to be a text editor). Don’t @ me with your “but it has so many extensions!” Yeah, extensions to help you feel better about not knowing how to exit Vim. I’ve been coding since before IntelliSense was a thing, and let me tell you, auto-completion is making developers lazy. ...

Oh, you think Python is a “real” programming language? That’s cute. Let me explain why you’re wrong: Significant whitespace? Really? We’re basing program structure on spaces? What’s next, determining variable scope by font size? “But it’s so readable!” Yeah, so is “See Spot Run,” but I wouldn’t use it to build enterprise software. The GIL is basically Python admitting it can’t handle real concurrent programming. Look, I get it. Some people need their hand held through programming concepts. That’s fine! Just don’t pretend you’re doing “serious development” when you’re basically writing glorified shell scripts. ...

[] + [] // "" [] + {} // "[object Object]" {} + [] // 0 {} + {} // NaN If you look at these examples and think “this makes perfect sense,” you’re part of the problem. JavaScript isn’t a programming language - it’s a practical joke that got out of hand. “But what about TypeScript?” Oh, you mean JavaScript with a safety helmet and knee pads? How brave of you to admit you can’t handle dynamic typing. ...