nahfrtho
Re:Shooting down ideas is not a skill
on Saturday April 04, 2026 @09:54PM (#47645430)
> Can't use Python because it's too slow? Show a proof of concept that is fast.
Python is slow though, and for many use cases it won't work.
For example, say somebody wanted to build a performant systems type software like version control. You're not really going to do that in Python. Something like that would even be slow in much "faster" Node.js.
Some stuff you can't really use dynamic langauges for, if you want it to be performant. Low-level stuff usually, of course.
To your point, you could showcase how Python might call out to other languages like Rust, and show why it's convenient to keep some stuff in Python.