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You don't hate Python. You hate other people's Python.

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8 points by jt-hill 2 months ago · 7 comments

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jt-hillOP 2 months ago

I keep making this argument elsewhere on the Internet, so I thought it would be nice to make my point all in one place. Python is good now, if you weren't paying attention.

damnitbuilds 2 months ago

Yep, I have always loved Python but the Python 2 problems hurt me for years.

BTW, please proofread your blog posts.

As a start: "kwarge", "You want to the tool", "No one will top you".

  • jt-hillOP 2 months ago

    Hah, thanks. Believe it or not I proofread it like three times but my mental autocorrect is just really aggressive.

    • damnitbuilds 2 months ago

      I will never be a Quant, but I have a proofreading spidey-sense. It is rare that I read an article in even a national newspaper and don't see a typo.

      This skill doesn't get me chicks though, surprisingly.

      And yes, I just know I will have made a stupid mistake somewhere in this comment...

janmarsal 2 months ago

I hate yaml and python because they have no brackets. When I copy/paste stuff from the internet there's always some issue with indentation and that's a non-issue for normal languages because I can just automatically prettify them but with yaml and python I need to do it manually.

  • jt-hillOP 2 months ago

    Ruff solves this. You should not be manually fiddling with indentations in 2026.

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