I just stretch as much as possible to use Python for every task.
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#12I have two metrics:
1) languages I know and like.
2) what are other things in the same area written in? This doesn’t mean those languages and libraries are best, but it does mean they will be well supported. Someone will update stuff to iOS 16, or when chrome changes how cookies work, or care when one of your users has 4 monitors all at different resolutions. If you pick something obscure enough, you are fixing all those things yourself.
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#13Rust for everything, I could explain but it would get rude
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#14for personal projects, I am leaning heavily towards golang for all things, because the langauge never changes.
I'd rather spend my limited time developing features, not updating the code to the latest node/python/pip/uv/yarn/framework version.
If I don't maintain the code, upgrading is way harder, b/c trying to figure out which dependency works for what version of what framework/language is a nightmare.
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#15Simple task and no dependency = probably C or C++. Or maybe Rust if and when I start using that. Everything else you mentioned, too much runtime baggage.
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#16Rust for everything, I could explain but it would get rude
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#17Elixir is the best programming language for building distributed systems.
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#18Simple — Rust for everything except Typescript for browser/mobile and Python for scripting.
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#19I work backwards from the outcome I want. I eliminate any languages that can't do whatever it is I'm building but that rarely has much impact; most languages can do most tasks. Then I consider cost and performance. Then I look at the effort it'll take to actually implement whatever it is (including learning or hiring for the given language.)
Then my teams ignore all that research and build it in the language they build everything in.
Re: Ask HN: How do you choose languages for building applications?
#20Simple — Rust for everything except Typescript for browser/mobile and Python for scripting.
Could you recommend a good pure rust library for writing an embedded UI for the SG2002 LicheeRV Nano - similar to LVGL?