What's The Point

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The eternal pain of expecting a simple true or false but getting "Yes" instead! Boolean questions should have binary answers, but somehow non-technical folks (and occasionally that one backend dev) manage to return strings like "Sure", "I think so", or my personal favorite: "It depends." The compiler in my brain throws a TypeError: Cannot convert String to Boolean every single time. The worst part? You can't even use !!response to coerce it properly!

Professor: "It's semicolon; we will hardly use it." Fast forward two weeks and suddenly these freshmen are putting semicolons after every line of code like their grade depends on it. Nothing quite like the trauma of your first compiler error that could've been fixed with a simple ";". The irony is that after 10 years in the industry, I now use languages where semicolons are optional and I'm back to hardly using them. Full circle, baby.

Remember when your code buddy was just a rubber duck? Now we've got AI assistants responding to our desperate 3AM comments with heartfelt "Love you bro" messages. Nothing says modern programming quite like having an emotional exchange with a TypeScript file at monster-manager.ts while your real friends are asleep. The three-second "thinking" pause before the response is just *chef's kiss* - just enough time to make you forget you're talking to a machine that would absolutely ghost you if its server went down.

Content Why someone would use as a first programming language: Python: For it's simple syntax Java: To learn basic computer science concepts C: See Java BASIC: They were in cryogenic storage since 1968 Bash: To make themselves feel productive Git: To actually, why would someone use Git as their FIRST language? HTML: To make themselves feel like a programmer CSS: To make themselves feel like a cooler programmer JavaScript: They have a really good idea for a website TypeScript: They have a REALLY good idea for a website Brainfuck: They want to gain new respect for Alan Turing C: Meth addict that needs the same speed from their language C: Cocaine addict that needs the same speed from their language Carbon: To get a head-start on the 10-year job requirement PHP: Masochism Fortran: Masochism but with a better paycheck Rust: Cult induction Microsoft Excel: To feel like a geek without being a programmer Game of Life: Ooh... pretty squares.

The grim reaper of deadlines doesn't discriminate. You start with TypeScript errors leaving a bloody trail, ignore some linter warnings because "they're just suggestions," watch your unit tests fail spectacularly, and then—with the sweet smell of caffeine and desperation in the air—you just ship that monstrosity anyway. The compiler screams, the tests weep, but the deadline laughs. It's not technical debt at this point; it's a technical mortgage with predatory interest rates that future-you will somehow have to refinance.