Hacker News Reader

Comment by BaculumMeumEst | Hacker News Reader

Python can be very fast. Library ecosystem and network effects by far outweigh anything you listed. Mindless Rust evangelism is tiresome.

View on HN

Python sometimes feel like being stuck in a local-maximum: the network effect is real, but there are so many downsides to the platform itself, and the "two-languages" paradigm renders the computational code obscure and undebuggable.

One thing is for sure, rust has excellent marketing.

Or it's actually good and you're bemoaning it due to bias. It's worth exploring the areas outside of our comfort zone.

I've tried it, and it seems interesting. But I distrust anything that appears to have a lot of propaganda behind it, and rust definitely fits that bill. The hype will need to die down and the dust settle before I trust anything important to it.

I think you are being unfair here. Literally every community has the 1% of toxic, loud and insufferable people in it. Point me at your hobbies and I'll find these kinds of people there, I can bet my neck on it.

Many people conflate their own irritation from hearing about the thing X often and against their will, with the quality of the thing X.

IMHO critical thinking and maturity demands that we make that distinction.

I have worked several times in Rust companies and their devs are extremely hardcore and very quiet. You couldn't tell these people are responsible for the technical operations and code of worldwide financial services.

So again, be a bit more charitable. Every community has its rotten apples. That says nothing about the quality of the thing that the community stands for.

i know you were replying to someone else but thanks for your comment, its good to get perspective. i’ll try to be less of a curmudgeon

After being a curmudgeon from 30 to 40 years old, I've figured it's not good for me so I started changing things around and I like my life and career more now.

Don't get me wrong, insufferable people still exist! But I no longer judge an entire community by them.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com