▲ 72 ▼ Why Is Python So Popular in 2025? (blog.jetbrains.com) submitted 11 months ago by namingthingsiseasy@programming.dev to c/programming@programming.dev 94 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Flamekebab@piefed.social 1 point 11 months ago (2 children) That doesn't sound like much of a "gotcha". The requirements for small stuff and big stuff are drastically different. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Feyd@programming.dev 4 points 11 months ago (1 child) Good thing python only gets used for small stuff then /s permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Flamekebab@piefed.social 2 points 11 months ago (2 children) ...and people use MS Excel as a database, it's not the fault of the tech that people force things to do things they're not designed for. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Feyd@programming.dev 1 point 11 months ago (1 child) You seem to think I'm saying python shouldn't be used at when all I said was it increases development time for projects at scale. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Flamekebab@piefed.social 3 points 11 months ago Fair enough, it read to me as a "gotcha" (as in "if python is do great then why can't it..."). I've spent too much time on places like Reddit where every interaction is three seconds from becoming a knife fight! permalink fedilink source parent [–] furrowsofar@beehaw.org 1 point 11 months ago (1 child) Reason I started using Python. C takes too much effort, Excel VBA is nut over 100 lines. Matlab or Python would be the next step. Matlab is nuts too in many ways. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Flamekebab@piefed.social 1 point 11 months ago I started doing CS50 way back when and pretty much bailed when it got to C. I could understand it but it felt like I had to build the entire universe to do the simplest of things. I like that with Python I can knock something together quickly enough to justify the time it takes. Having to do something manual and repetitious at work? Knock out a Python script to make it less error prone in future. If it took a lot of time I'd just have to suck it up and suffer through. permalink fedilink source parent [–] QuazarOmega@lemy.lol 1 point 11 months ago But isn't mongo webscale?? °O° permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Feyd@programming.dev 4 points 11 months ago (1 child) Good thing python only gets used for small stuff then /s permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Flamekebab@piefed.social 2 points 11 months ago (2 children) ...and people use MS Excel as a database, it's not the fault of the tech that people force things to do things they're not designed for. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Feyd@programming.dev 1 point 11 months ago (1 child) You seem to think I'm saying python shouldn't be used at when all I said was it increases development time for projects at scale. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Flamekebab@piefed.social 3 points 11 months ago Fair enough, it read to me as a "gotcha" (as in "if python is do great then why can't it..."). I've spent too much time on places like Reddit where every interaction is three seconds from becoming a knife fight! permalink fedilink source parent [–] furrowsofar@beehaw.org 1 point 11 months ago (1 child) Reason I started using Python. C takes too much effort, Excel VBA is nut over 100 lines. Matlab or Python would be the next step. Matlab is nuts too in many ways. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Flamekebab@piefed.social 1 point 11 months ago I started doing CS50 way back when and pretty much bailed when it got to C. I could understand it but it felt like I had to build the entire universe to do the simplest of things. I like that with Python I can knock something together quickly enough to justify the time it takes. Having to do something manual and repetitious at work? Knock out a Python script to make it less error prone in future. If it took a lot of time I'd just have to suck it up and suffer through. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Flamekebab@piefed.social 2 points 11 months ago (2 children) ...and people use MS Excel as a database, it's not the fault of the tech that people force things to do things they're not designed for. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Feyd@programming.dev 1 point 11 months ago (1 child) You seem to think I'm saying python shouldn't be used at when all I said was it increases development time for projects at scale. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Flamekebab@piefed.social 3 points 11 months ago Fair enough, it read to me as a "gotcha" (as in "if python is do great then why can't it..."). I've spent too much time on places like Reddit where every interaction is three seconds from becoming a knife fight! permalink fedilink source parent [–] furrowsofar@beehaw.org 1 point 11 months ago (1 child) Reason I started using Python. C takes too much effort, Excel VBA is nut over 100 lines. Matlab or Python would be the next step. Matlab is nuts too in many ways. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Flamekebab@piefed.social 1 point 11 months ago I started doing CS50 way back when and pretty much bailed when it got to C. I could understand it but it felt like I had to build the entire universe to do the simplest of things. I like that with Python I can knock something together quickly enough to justify the time it takes. Having to do something manual and repetitious at work? Knock out a Python script to make it less error prone in future. If it took a lot of time I'd just have to suck it up and suffer through. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Feyd@programming.dev 1 point 11 months ago (1 child) You seem to think I'm saying python shouldn't be used at when all I said was it increases development time for projects at scale. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Flamekebab@piefed.social 3 points 11 months ago Fair enough, it read to me as a "gotcha" (as in "if python is do great then why can't it..."). I've spent too much time on places like Reddit where every interaction is three seconds from becoming a knife fight! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Flamekebab@piefed.social 3 points 11 months ago Fair enough, it read to me as a "gotcha" (as in "if python is do great then why can't it..."). I've spent too much time on places like Reddit where every interaction is three seconds from becoming a knife fight! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] furrowsofar@beehaw.org 1 point 11 months ago (1 child) Reason I started using Python. C takes too much effort, Excel VBA is nut over 100 lines. Matlab or Python would be the next step. Matlab is nuts too in many ways. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Flamekebab@piefed.social 1 point 11 months ago I started doing CS50 way back when and pretty much bailed when it got to C. I could understand it but it felt like I had to build the entire universe to do the simplest of things. I like that with Python I can knock something together quickly enough to justify the time it takes. Having to do something manual and repetitious at work? Knock out a Python script to make it less error prone in future. If it took a lot of time I'd just have to suck it up and suffer through. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Flamekebab@piefed.social 1 point 11 months ago I started doing CS50 way back when and pretty much bailed when it got to C. I could understand it but it felt like I had to build the entire universe to do the simplest of things. I like that with Python I can knock something together quickly enough to justify the time it takes. Having to do something manual and repetitious at work? Knock out a Python script to make it less error prone in future. If it took a lot of time I'd just have to suck it up and suffer through. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] QuazarOmega@lemy.lol 1 point 11 months ago But isn't mongo webscale?? °O° permalink fedilink source parent