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I'm not going to learn a new programming language this year

aaronblondeau on January 02, 2025

This year I am going to learn something entirely different: knitting. With yarn and needles. Like a little old lady. For the past 2 decades I hav...
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Cesar Aguirre

Great choice! I also believe we hit a point of diminishing returns by learning new programming languages. Taking care of your mental health is way better than learning a new programming language. Good luck!

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Mihail Malo • Edited

Conspicuously missing Rust, a LISP, Haskell (Idris edition lmao), and Rust. Oh, and also Haskell. An APL like BQN or Uiua is also in order.
Lean πŸ‘€

All I'm saying is the returns are diminishing from the languages in the list having too much in common, rather than you having covered the full set of useful productive languages.

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aaronblondeau

Great point! I will pencil in one of those for the future.

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Ash

Good for you! Here's how I handled it - Do Not Learn Another Programming Language 😁

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Hasan Farook

Wow this aligns close with a prayer:
β€˜O God, I seek refuge from knowledge which does not benefit, from the heart that is not submissive to you, from the soul that does not feel contentment and the prayer that is not answered’

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willmil11

Great for you :) I believe that if you're not doing low level stuff learning js is the way to go if you're not working with other people's code somehow, you only need pure js for frontend, pure js ran by nodejs for backend. With all the modules that exist today on npm you can do anything you want you even have a pygame equivalent it that interests you (nodegamesjs) if you want to simplify your life you can then learn python and that's basically all you need.

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Daniel Chechik

❀️

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Cody Swartz

Just when I was thinking to try a new language with AoC πŸ˜… πŸ€ͺ

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Aad Pouw

You didn't learn css, right? πŸ˜„

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Fabiano Bonomini

developers are not needed anymore

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Daniel T Sasser II

I’m not sure where you got that idea, but I work with AI every day and can assure you that developers are still very much needed. AI is a powerful tool, no doubt, but it’s just thatβ€”a tool. I haven’t come across any system that can consistently deliver the quality and creativity that an experienced developer brings to the table. Instead of replacing us, AI actually helps us do our jobs better and tackle more complex challenges.

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Srinivas Prasad

Damn. I would be writing the exact same thing. All that is applicable for me. I should also take some time off.

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Mariana Baroni

Coincidentally, when I learned to tricot many years ago, I used a yellow yarn too. 😁

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aldrian

I thing better you choose physical things than knitting that also will make your brain stress. Maybe hiking, boxing, going off grid to doing wood chopping, or else