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Ask HN: Is it still worth learning a new programming language?

I have been writing Python code for a few years now. But I feel like LLMs can write much better code than me. I used to keep myself updated with newer technology. But now I am loosing interest. I was interested in learning Rust. But I don't find any motivation now since I can just vibe code with Rust. Any thoughts in that?

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Re:Observations from People Watching on Sunday May 11, 2025 @03:03AM (#43951971)
In my experience, it comes down to matching patterns.

Here's what I think likely happened: your friend talked to other people who went through tragedy. He noticed something common in their behavior. It can be something so subtle that it's invisible to most people, but your friend notices these kind of things. Then when he talked to the current person, he found the similar pattern.

Re:Small Tech on Tuesday February 18, 2025 @01:45AM (#43086739)
I think [BearBlog](https://bearblog.dev) qualifies too
He did not talk about quite a few issues like this. I think that’s because the video is targeted for a less technical audience. But this video did make me think about the innovation the world is deprived of because of this monopoly. What wonders we miss because of this.
Re:Ask HN: What are some great personal blogs/portfolios? on Friday February 08, 2019 @02:05PM (#19117577)
Whooa did you see this guy's website: http://sakibccr.com/ This is awesome! (Just kidding. It doesn't contain anything yet.)

But this is a really nice website: https://mango.pdf.zone/ Especially this post: https://mango.pdf.zone/operation-luigi-how-i-hacked-my-frien...

Re:Ask HN: Who is the most positive impactful person you know? on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @12:47PM (#18922999)
My high school physics teacher. She taught me the importance of being a good human being. And that being kind and empathetic to others is the best thing a person can do. That honesty and integrity are more important than winning. And she also taught me elementary physics.
Played for a while and it's very good.
I set the zoom level to 130% in Firefox for this site only. It is persistant. I don't have to do it every time I visit the site. And it doesn't effect other sites.

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