Python will always be important to me. It's the first programming language that I've learned, and it allows me to support my family. It's awesome that almost an

Python will always be important to me. It's the first programming language that I've learned, and it allows me to support my family. It's awesome that almost any problem I have, there is a library or wrapper ready made for me to use. I can google just about any error and get a solution right away. But I've found that I really dislike maintaining larger Python codebases. Whenever I've tried to develop packages or libraries, or create executables it always felt really clunky. And when it comes to personal growth as a programmer, I find it's just too easy to stack ready made libraries on top of libraries, without ever coding things from scratch. But I'm glad to hear that there has been more focus on improving CPython's performance. I don't disagree with the things that the Python Devs have chosen to focus on, and I don't think anyone can really say it hasn't been successful for them. I use Python for work, so I won't forget it anytime soon, but for programming at home, I'll use other languages that align more with my opinions of programming that I've developed after having used Python for an extended period of time.