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Earlier quoted context omitted.

That’s exactly how I chose Python.

I'm curious, what was the job that needed some code but not a dedicated developer? I'm taking computational biology courses on the side, so that's the application that comes to mind for me.

I do digital marketing for clients. There’s a large number of activities that can be made more efficient, quicker, cheaper, or better using code.

For example taking a large number of text documents and turning them into video outlines with illustrations using OpenAI APIs and a quick and dirty Django app to organise everything.

Or connecting up various marketing APIs using Python instead of Zapier - a lot of companies spend thousands of dollars on Zapier each month when a script would literally cost a dollar to run.

Re: ZX – A tool for writing better scripts

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"[For writing complex scripts] JavaScript is a perfect choice". Not sold on that. Why should I choose it over Python, PHP or others?

> Why should I choose [JavaScript] over [...] PHP [...]? LOL dude made my day

PHP is a surprisingly capable scripting language. Some relatively recent version is installed by default on a lot of Linux distros and its standard library has tons of functions for dealing with strings, files, and the network.

Re: ZX – A tool for writing better scripts

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Hello everyone, I think I happen to have some experiences to share: 1. Five years ago, I developed my own version of zx/dax version using TypeScript. I call this project TypeShell. 2. In the past three years, I have written x-cmd, implemented by posix shell. Please visit x-cmd at https://x-cmd.com . It is now close to the public beta version. It is still under construction, and the demo can tell some stories. It trie…

Wow, this is a very interesting idea For me, setting up the environment and installing dependencies has always been cumbersome and frustrating
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