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Ask HN: What's the best thing you've learnt in 2020?

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Re: Ask HN: What's the best thing you've learnt in 2020?

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I discovered Julia. I wouldn't go so far as to say that I've learned it, but it hits all the pain points I've had with every other language. It honestly feels like a gift from the universe that shouldn't, by rights, exist; a fast, dynamic, elegant language that seems to do The Right Thing at every turn. I do believe it will gradually eat the world, in the way that Python did. I've already replaced some little utiliti…

I'm the exact same with Crystal, the next era of languages will feel like the current age of pragmatism of Ruby/Python but fast and multithreaded

Re: Ask HN: What's the best thing you've learnt in 2020?

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I learnt that I could handle doing a full time job working from home (new to me), while looking after 2 young children 3 days a week or more. I also did my first big project as a software architect on a large programme of work for 2 big UK companies which is a new career development for me (from developer).

I also moved forward on my path of being a good parent and being able to cope with being alone for a long period of time. I started singing and recording songs with friends online too!

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