If your bar for good software is "released asap", more power to you. Fortunately though, that's not everyone's stance. Not everyone is aiming to shit out the next big crud app.
where are you getting that information from? see https://www.githubstatus.com/ uptimes are really high. This is kind of exactly what I'm talking about, people are over exaggerating problems with github for some weird reason. Working with github daily, I haven't even noticed down time expect maybe once or twice in the last year or so.
This is a self centered view that becomes an issue when nostalgia gets in the way of AI's potential. Human connection matters, but sentimentality shouldn't block progress. Our feelings are important, but we shouldn't romanticize ourselves as if we are uniquely special in the grand scheme of things. We don't spend time worrying about how our ancestors felt when technology changed their jobs. We are just glad they embraced the future. Our children will look back at us with that same pragmatism.
Can you not post this style of sweeping rhetoric on HN? We're here for curious conversation, and comments like this are antithetical to that. Please take a moment to read the guidelines and make an effort to observe them when participating here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
Wow this is packed with features and looks great. Usually I skim through the docs for new langs waiting to see the design decision that makes me think "whyyyyy", but I think the most jarring thing for me here was really only the {- -} block comments. #, // and /*/ are ubiquitous and (IMHO) very unoffensive. @OP, any particular reason you opted for {- -}? No hate, just curious
xslang.org also looks great and I found the text in the guide + docs to be easy to read. I usually have to read C#/TS docs, so it was refreshingly terse.
Commercial software development will increasingly become dominated by the 'get shit done' types who had less appreciation for the craft. The slop will flow and no one will care, because the people who cared for the craft will have left or been pushed out. A shame.
My gf, who’s multiple levels below me in exp, is already expected to write full stack + CI for the same salary. I still have the luxury of seniority to be able to say “fuck off”, but not for long.
You’ll do the work of 10 people and be happy, now you’re all 10x developers for 1x pay, rejoice!
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