ID: 4ed0a61b-6c3b-4c74-b8c4-a0051a8cf12a Title: Hot takes on anything Authors: Nova[有線魔女] <novaburst@envs.net> Date: 2021-06-17T11:01:59-00:00 Topics: Off-topic * OCaml as a programming language is not as cursed Rust is * Rust's portability is so horrible that it doesn't even run on an Arduino board * Rust is better than C++ but it's worse than C * Rust's Cargo package manager is just as cursed as Node.js's NPM is * Even Go is better than Rust * Bootstrapping an OCaml toolchain is not too hard , or even a C or a Go one , when compared to Rust * Using CMake on small projects is cursed * Using CMake for bigger projects is even more cursed ~ metalune * Bitbucket beats GitLab in uselessness * Soydevs should get an actual job outside of computing * Matrix is the best example of Suck in the instant messaging field * Do you consider Windows as an insult to Computer users? ~ tronprogram * Come back when it runs on POSIX ~ caskd * C# is what happens when some kid learns java then looks at C and thinks "I can fix this" ~ Baobab * Rust is the HTML5 of programming languages, as it lacks portability and a specification. * Cryptocurrency it's only useful to those with money. ~ https://koyu.space/@Einhjeriar * The idea of DeltaChat is good but the implementations are cursed * JS programmers should not be called programmer as a sign of respect to other programmers ~ qorg11 * Don't rewrite $perfectly_functioning_program in Rust ~ shokara * C# is like having Java and C++ combined but only leaving the bad parts. ~ shokara * dude my phone is less spyware because it doesn't have an i in front of the name ~ Swim * microsoft cant even use their own operating system to host their infrastructure ~ Diego * GTK+3.0 is a theming nightmare * It's like a fallacious thought that newer thing must have improvements. ~ ibn-Hajr * Eyy I feel like being a conspiracist everytime bring up about things against the trend ~ PGP[x][m][p][p] * Why does my keyboard keep suggesting the n word? ~ SLF[xmpp] * I'm not using matrix because a lot of people use matrix ~ Baobab * Rust is a decent C++ replacement if you have the same goals as C++, but if you don’t, the design has very similar drawbacks ~ https://drewdevault.com