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Re:Elm changed my mind about unpopular languages by dozzie on Monday February 19, 2018 @06:53PM (#16416747)
> Don't you want people that care about your product instead of the technology behind it? I do.

I would rather have people who care about their craftsmanship and are indifferent about the product than people who care about the product and are indifferent about the craftsmanship. The former ones do a good job regardless of what the product is about.

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Re:Elm changed my mind about unpopular languages by kjksf on Monday February 19, 2018 @07:13PM (#16416842)
"caring about craftsmanship" != "caring about elm"

I care about craftsmanship even when I'm writing JavaScript.

And when JavaScript is enough of a burden, I go to TypeScript, not Elm.

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Re:Elm changed my mind about unpopular languages by cies on Monday February 19, 2018 @07:47PM (#16417013)
But did you try Elm? Must say it's syntactically much sweeter than TS.
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Re:Elm changed my mind about unpopular languages by michaelcampbell on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @07:14AM (#16419746)
Indifferent to either is a red flag for me; I'll take neither, thanks. You don't have to have one at the expense of the other.
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Re:Elm changed my mind about unpopular languages by dozzie on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @08:14AM (#16420033)
Depends how good people you want on your team. If your bar is low, then you might find enough people above the skill threshold that care about your product, but there are plenty of good craftsmen who couldn't care less about your IPTV offering or some other SaaS for housewives, but who would put their skills to great use for either, just because they do care about how solid is the technical part.
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