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Re:Ask HN: Why Did Python Win? by psunavy03 on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @02:04AM (#37318253)
OK, I get it, but when I'm trying to write automation for a shop that isn't natively Python-savvy (long story short, it made sense when I started a side project which evolved), if I use that library and ever move on, I now have to document in comments or somewhere WTF "BeautifulSoup" means. Because of some rando's inside joke they thought was funny.
Re:Ask HN: Why Did Python Win? by Lammy on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @03:25AM (#37318741)
This is actually one reason I prefer the Ruby ecosystem — whimsy is still welcome. The world has enough Noun Manager projects.
Re:Ask HN: Why Did Python Win? by psunavy03 on Thursday August 31, 2023 @09:59PM (#37345914)
When I'm trying to figure out how to build a side project for my team and simultaneously fighting company bureaucracy who reflexively stonewalls things on the order of "no one's done that before, we need permission," I don't also want to deal with some immature idiot's stupid namespace. I want a damned Noun Manager for my own sanity's sake.