It’s a shame that most of the discussion is about the first part of the essay, impressive as the troubleshooting is.

His discussion of core values is quite interesting, in that it’s both relatively obvious in retrospect yet something I’ve not given conscious thought to.

I’ve certainly thought about programming languages as expressions of intent, and how some attempt to be what I call “kitchen sink” languages, like C++, Java, or JavaScript, while others are much more opinionated about their purpose, like Erlang, Forth or APL.

Also reminds me of the old description of UNIX as user-friendly, just picky about who its friends are.