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Programming language agnosticism is the only way to move forward in life

3•amano-kenji•2h ago
I'm not going to speak about specific languages because they will distract readers.

What I discovered over years is that I should just use the right tools for each job. Trying to use a specific language outside its well-established niches resulted in a lot of wasted time.

You can spend years on silencing every little inconvenience and every little noise by trying to use a specific language everywhere. That doesn't work. Resisting every little inconvenience will only result in more friction in life. Ignore little inconveniences and little noises. Just swim with the flow by using the right tools for each job. Don't swim against it by obsessing with specific tools.

If you want to move forward in life, you have to just suck it up and use the right languages for each task.

You may not like the fact that a specific language doesn't have specific constructs, but it can get this current job done quickly without fuss.

Developing attachment to a specific language that's not going to maintain its sharp edge for very long anyway will only lead to time waste and disappointments.

Screw programming languages. Just focus on accomplishing the task at hand quickly.

If your life satisfaction depends on using specific programming languages, you won't have a good life. Just get things done, and move on, and enjoy free time and wealth.

To have the best life possible or even just a good life, most of the time, you will just have to use tools you don't particularly like and have to do things you don't feel like doing.

Are you trying to have fun with programming languages? Or, are you trying to get things done quickly in programming languages? Speed is infinitely more important than fun.

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