I got into programming because I want to make cool stuff, not because I want to contemplate the transcendent beauty of pure functions and elegant code. JavaScr

I got into programming because I want to make cool stuff, not because I want to contemplate the transcendent beauty of pure functions and elegant code. JavaScript is what enables me to make stuff I couldn't make with the same amount of time/effort using any other tool I came across. Do I wish I could do the same stuff using Racket? Sure, I guess. But in the world I live in, JS is the best tool I could find for doing what I want. Also maybe it's just me, but I've been programming for 5 years, and I haven't actually ever felt that frustrated or inadequate when programming JS, I like it no less than python. I got used to looking down on JavaScript as a "bad" language from reading snarky comments made by people who, I suspect, also jumped on the hate train because they've heard others talking shit about it. I'm not a computer scientist, maybe there are some legitemate reasons to dislike JS, but I don't think they're serious enough to warrant all the hate it gets in programming community, I'm guessing it's mostly a social phenomena. At least personally I haven't run into things that make me dislike it, I have a lot of fun using it.