> Complaining about having to learn basic parts of language, while this is true in any platform... There’s a difference between obstinately refusing to learn t

> Complaining about having to learn basic parts of language, while this is true in any platform... There’s a difference between obstinately refusing to learn the basics of a thing, versus taking issue with there being a bunch of self-inflicted hoops one must jump through to use a thing. All other things being equal, I doubt you could put up with a car that required an elaborate 10 minute start up procedure, wherein any mistake pulling a dozen levers, cranking a bazillion knobs, and poking innumerable buttons could result in the engine exploding. If any such car entered the market, approximately zero people would put up with the headache — though I concede that some would likely love such a car, and proudly take the stance that “anyone that doesn’t like it isn’t a real driver”. The difference is intrinsic vs extrinsic complexity. When I program, I want to spend as much of my time working on solving the core problem, and as little time doing anything else — whether that’s wrangling unintuitive and poorly documented CLI tools, working around wonky, flaky third party APIs, etc. The value one generates is purely in solving the problem they set out to solve; all of the other hoops they jump through is the cost of doing business. I don’t see how you can fault someone for avoiding tools that (in their estimation) reduces their value to expense ratio.