• ______@lemm.ee
        344·
        1 year ago

        I started as a python enjoyer. 6 years later I can confidently say fuck dynamic typing, fuck mutable defaults.

        Also fuck python and js (used both for work) TS is better but we all know it’s not by much

        • jvisick
          181·
          1 year ago

          TS is “better” but often I feel like just configuring typescript takes up a significant amount of the time you save by using it.

          • ______@lemm.ee
            5·
            1 year ago

            It gets easier the more you do it but ts needed a default official config to start things up with.

            • ADTJ@feddit.uk
              2·
              1 year ago

              Hahaha exactly! I feel like every time I start a new TS project, I start by copying the tsconfig from an existing one

              • PeWu@lemmy.ml
                2·
                1 year ago

                This. I actually have template which I’m using for all my small projects.

          • Rooki@lemmy.world
            1·
            1 year ago

            Yeah, i feel the same but it is at least configurable and not terrible configurable like python

      • Kayn@dormi.zoneEnglish
        152·
        1 year ago

        Right tool for the job.

        If I just quickly want to whip up a small script, I actually want to save a few seconds.

        When I’m doing something larger in scope, static typing all the way.

      • AnomalousBit
        1120·
        1 year ago

        IDK buddy, I don’t really care to write the same method for five different types (or read the 30 methods with different type signatures) when I can do it with one. I see the exact opposite of your statement, in my experience.

            • wols@lemm.ee
              131·
              1 year ago

              Extra steps that guarantee you don’t accidentally treat an integer as if it were a string or an array and get a runtime exception.
              With generics, the compiler can prove that the thing you’re passing to that function is actually something the function can use.

              Really what you’re doing if you’re honest, is doing the compiler’s work: hmm inside this function I access this field on this parameter. Can I pass an argument of such and such type here? Lemme check if it has that field. Forgot to check? Or were mistaken? Runtime error! If you’re lucky, you caught it before production.

              Not to mention that types communicate intent. It’s no fun trying to figure out how to use a library that has bad/missing documentation. But it’s a hell of a lot easier if you don’t need to guess what type of arguments its functions can handle.

        • SorteKanin@feddit.dk
          62·
          1 year ago

          Type signatures help you to know what a function takes and returns. With dynamic typing, I have to read the entire code of the function just to know this (sometimes even this doesn’t tell me what will actually be returned due to duck typing).

          More importantly, type signatures help the compiler verify the types.

          Both of these get more and more important as the code size increases. I’d suggest you widen your horizon about static typing.

    • jjjalljs@ttrpg.network
      292·
      1 year ago

      Most python error messages are pretty straightforward so I legitimately don’t know what you’re talking about

      • UnfortunateShort@lemmy.world
        26·
        1 year ago

        I was gonna say, next to C++ you better don’t shame other languages for their errors. Otherwise I wish you some “fuck you: error in library used in library used in template of template:: some template object is not correct type of template obejct”-type bullshit.

  • jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    493·
    1 year ago

    “I dOnt lIkE tYpEsCrIpT. iT aDdS uNnEcCeSsArY cOmPlExItY.”

    Well I don’t like the PTSD I have from trying to refactor your God awful native JavaScript codebase. It has enough magic strings to summon the Dark Lord himself.

  • DarkenLM@kbin.social
    381·
    1 year ago

    Say what you want about it, but it will not go down without using everything in the vicinity as a weapon if ammo runs out. While others go down, they will be kamikazeing themselves to get the job done.

    • Badland9085@lemm.ee
      131·
      1 year ago

      Ehhh, golang’s pretty down there for me too. Sure, you have types, but the way you “implement” an interface is the sussiest thing I’ve seen in most well-known programming languages. Not to mention all the foot guns (pointers for nullables is a common one, and oh, if you forgot that a function returns an error, and you called it for its effects, you’ve just built a possibly very silent bomb) you end up building into your programs. I use in prod, and I get scared.

      • orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts
        2·
        1 year ago

        I’m pretty new to it. The types and struct stuff are a bit hand-wavey, but I like how quickly I was able to ramp into it. I built a simple API with it in a few hours.

        • Badland9085@lemm.ee
          2·
          1 year ago

          2 things I like about golang is just 1) the ease of getting someone to start work, and 2) goroutines. I have no complains about goroutines cause I’ve barely used it, and when I do it’s been fine. The first point though, I’d say the simplicity of the language is a double-edged sword — it’s easy to learn with little surface to cover, but it forces you to implement a lot of basic machinery you find in other languages by yourself, and so your codebase can get clunky to read really quickly, especially as your project grows.

          Not trying to dissuade you from learning golang tho. I think it’s a good language to learn and use, especially for small simple programs, but it’s not the great language many try to say it is. It’s… fine. There are many reasons why it grinds my gears, but I’m still fine with using it and maintaining it for prod.

          • orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts
            3·
            1 year ago

            “Clunky” - this hit it on the head for me. When I was initially getting started, some of the setup and boilerplate felt awkward. It feels very barebones, which I can see the benefit if you’re not a fan of opinionated, but as a project grows, it seems like a dark corner that technical debt and spaghetti code would amass.

    • AeonFelis@lemmy.world
      9·
      1 year ago

      Go has the pitfalls you’d expect from an abused configuration language, not from a modern statically typed language.

  • 4am@lemm.ee
    15·
    1 year ago

    Until today I thought being a typist just meant you could press keys quickly

    • dukk
      9·
      1 year ago

      Well, who do you think they’re hiding from?

  • Tartas1995@discuss.tchncs.de
    1·
    1 year ago

    I disagree with the meme but mostly because I think all programming language are fucking clowns at times. I Don’t think that you should use typeless languages for huge projects but I also think that for a little Js library, Js is fine.