This is a more elaborate version of how I feel about Python these days. Python is still a much nicer language than something like JS, but it hasn’t been very su

This is a more elaborate version of how I feel about Python these days. Python is still a much nicer language than something like JS, but it hasn’t been very successful at saying no to things. I like type hints, but it’s easy to go overboard with them. Pydantic and FastAPI are great. The problem is that typenauts and academics coming from other languages are trying to bring every feature under the sun to Python. The core team hasn’t been able to fight this barrage of feature requests. The same is true for Go. I regularly see Rust/Haskell folks talking about how things could be better if Go had xyz feature. While it’s true that Go would probably have benefited from a little more expressiveness, how much more? Where do you stop? I like Go because it’s not Rust or Zig. I mostly write server software, and Go is far more productive in that space. The Go team understands this and is much more protective about scope creep. Keep your type theory off my lawn and let me make money in peace, please.