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Is it that bad? No. But that doesn't mean I want to do it. I'm a more casual python dev. I make small tools, solve unique/corner issues. Nothing fancy. It make
by ShakataGaNai 4y ago
Is it that bad? No. But that doesn't mean I want to do it.
I'm a more casual python dev. I make small tools, solve unique/corner issues. Nothing fancy. It makes my life vastly easier for many of these tools to be webbased, typically because I want to hand them to someone else to use so I don't need to think/worry about it.
Context switching between languages is very very expensive for me. I used to write a lot of nodejs and Python but I'd find myself either forgetting or adding semi-colons, confusing which for-loop style for which language. Eventually I came to the conclusion it wasn't worth the mental gymnastics to switch and gave up node (aka Javscript). So can I write it? Yes, but I don't want to.
These new entirely python based web apps are really interesting to me. They don't have to be super advanced because I don't need that. It greatly simplifies the process and the time required.
Also, almost no one writes "just javascript" any more. It's htmlx, react, yada yada.... and they've all got some cool new build system. Seems like every time I look, there is a new build system people are using. Which I don't want to learn or deal with.
- edmundsauto 4y agoThis describes me to a T. I think if GP saw the js I write, they would understand why I don’t want to write it. But it works, I can get fairly straightforward stuff done quickly, and I’m the only jerk who has to maintain it.