I also strongly dislike python, but I've come to accept that it has its niche and that my main issue (beyond the parts I believe are design flaws) is that its c

I also strongly dislike python, but I've come to accept that it has its niche and that my main issue (beyond the parts I believe are design flaws) is that its correct niche is far smaller than the domain is actually used. It's the bash/perl of the 90s, and not the language you should be writing your deliverable in. Unfortunately, python happens to work well for getting something functioning, and turning that into something that functions well gets called "maintenance". I've given up that fight and now I'll just stay in python land for as long as it takes to isolate it into a separate process and then go and write the rest of my code in something I prefer.