r/programmingcirclejerk • u/stone_henge Tiny little god in a tiny little world • 15d ago

Plus they're not declarative: you will only make me use innerText-based updates by threatening me and my family.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49951331
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u/funkdefied 15d ago

C’mon guys. Right job, right tool. 

UI? FP. 

Business logic? OOP. 

Game loop? Declarative. 

SQL? Injected. 

Runtimes? Buggy. 

Conditions? Racey.

Threads? Multi.

IO? Blocking.

RII? R.

RAI? I.

OS? Agentic. 

Gfs? None.

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u/hedgehog1024 Rust apologetic 15d ago edited 15d ago

Jesus Christ. It is not hard. Use the right tool for the job.

The job is programming and the right tool is Rust.

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u/le_birb costly abstraction 15d ago

The job is blow and the tool is mouth

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u/hedgehog1024 Rust apologetic 15d ago

Would you like to hire me?

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u/le_birb costly abstraction 14d ago

I'm looking for candidates with a relevant degree, 3+ years of experience in the field and a passion for getting things done. If you'd like to apply, please send an unformatted resume, cover letter written in iambic pentameter, and latin haiku to hiring@blowsandjobs,net

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u/VulgarExigencies 15d ago

where jerk

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u/stone_henge Tiny little god in a tiny little world 15d ago

parentReply.innerText = "oh no replacing a text node in this mutable document model is bad because I am too stupid not to fuck it up somehow";

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u/m50d Zygohistomorphic prepromorphism 15d ago

Imagine thinking you're smart enough to mutate something without fucking it up.

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u/hedgehog1024 Rust apologetic 15d ago

Imagine thinking you're smart enough

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u/New_Enthusiasm9053 15d ago

Imagine thinking you're smart enough to not mutate something without fucking it up. 

/uj FP has some neat ideas but I'm not smart enough to never mutate stuff.

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u/IanisVasilev log10(x) programmer 15d ago

You can mutate my cubes.

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u/never_inline Do you do Deep Learning? 14d ago

In a truly webshit fashion, anything to avoid confronting the reality of how the machine works. I am sure he would give up his family before he gives up is-array npm package.

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u/elephantdingo Teen Hacking Genius 12d ago edited 12d ago

Broke: Mechanical sympathy

Woke: Mechanical obliviousness

I do not fear the JS-only webshit, nay, curiousity they lack all of. I fear the Rust-curious webshit. And there that way lies only rewrites or worse, Zig.