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   muesli (fribbledom@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 02-Aug-2024 19:31:54 JST muesli

   "Go is to programing what Brutalism is to architecture.

   It's the basic materials laid bare and exposed for what they are, striped down to the functionality and almost free from any decoration."

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     Daniel Terhorst-North (tastapod@mas.to)'s status on Friday, 02-Aug-2024 19:31:53 JST Daniel Terhorst-North

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     @fribbledom ooh I like this! Now do Rust.

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     muesli (fribbledom@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 02-Aug-2024 19:31:53 JST muesli

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     • Daniel Terhorst-North

     @tastapod

     Rust is to programming what IKEA furniture is to home decor.

     It’s designed with safety in mind, and once you get the hang of the instructions, it all fits together beautifully. But if you miss a step, you'll be staring at an Allen wrench, wondering where you went wrong.

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     Wolf480pl (wolf480pl@mstdn.io)'s status on Friday, 02-Aug-2024 19:33:30 JST Wolf480pl

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     @fribbledom it's not

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     Wolf480pl (wolf480pl@mstdn.io)'s status on Friday, 02-Aug-2024 19:33:30 JST Wolf480pl

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     @fribbledom it has a garbage collector and light threads - these are not raw materials, they are very complex prefabs.

     Also, on the language level, Go is built like a toy - soft surface, rounded corners, no sharp edges, so that you don't hurt yourself when you use it incorrectly.

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     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Friday, 02-Aug-2024 19:33:30 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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     • Wolf480pl
     @wolf480pl @fribbledom Plus I'd say Forth is the true Brutalist language.
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     Ignas Kiela (ignaloidas@not.acu.lt)'s status on Friday, 02-Aug-2024 20:31:47 JST Ignas Kiela

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     @fribbledom@mastodon.social I haven't seen any big thick monoliths built in Go, that's kinda the antithesis to the Go culture
     
     Honestly I'd say C# is the true Brutalist programming language.

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     Wolf480pl (wolf480pl@mstdn.io)'s status on Friday, 02-Aug-2024 22:08:06 JST Wolf480pl

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     • Ignas Kiela

     @ignaloidas @fribbledom it has to be pretty

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     Ignas Kiela (ignaloidas@not.acu.lt)'s status on Friday, 02-Aug-2024 22:08:06 JST Ignas Kiela

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     • Wolf480pl

     @wolf480pl@mstdn.io @fribbledom@mastodon.social you haven't seen the home inspector shorts on YT shorts or whatever
     
     they manage to fuck up right angle corners on million dollar homes these days

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     Wolf480pl (wolf480pl@mstdn.io)'s status on Friday, 02-Aug-2024 22:08:07 JST Wolf480pl

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     • Ignas Kiela

     @ignaloidas @fribbledom yeah but it's used by end users

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     Wolf480pl (wolf480pl@mstdn.io)'s status on Friday, 02-Aug-2024 22:08:08 JST Wolf480pl

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     • Ignas Kiela

     @ignaloidas @fribbledom yeah but from what I've seen, Go is used mostly for big cloud / backend stuff. Most people don't write GUIs with it.

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     Ignas Kiela (ignaloidas@not.acu.lt)'s status on Friday, 02-Aug-2024 22:08:08 JST Ignas Kiela

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     • Wolf480pl

     @wolf480pl@mstdn.io @fribbledom@mastodon.social eh, there is a bunch of smaller stuff made with go as well
     
     and honestly, I'd call suburb construction an incredibly industrial activity, it's often done with prefabs too.

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     Wolf480pl (wolf480pl@mstdn.io)'s status on Friday, 02-Aug-2024 22:08:10 JST Wolf480pl

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     • Ignas Kiela

     @ignaloidas @fribbledom I'd say Go is the prefab lightweight factory hall.

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     Ignas Kiela (ignaloidas@not.acu.lt)'s status on Friday, 02-Aug-2024 22:08:10 JST Ignas Kiela

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     • Wolf480pl

     @wolf480pl@mstdn.io @fribbledom@mastodon.social I don't see the difference, it's being used to pump out cookie cutter services with no charm or style, in the most cheap, boring way possible, without much concern for the longevity of said services.

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     Ignas Kiela (ignaloidas@not.acu.lt)'s status on Friday, 02-Aug-2024 22:08:12 JST Ignas Kiela

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     @fribbledom@mastodon.social hot take:
     
     Go is the suburban copy-paste house language

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     Ethan Black (golemwire@social.librem.one)'s status on Saturday, 03-Aug-2024 00:10:18 JST Ethan Black

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     @fribbledom I'd say that about the language design. The implementations have to be advanced, though, to support that kind of ease of use, with garbage collection and built-in threading and all.
     That's how it tends to be; an easier-to-implement language like C is harder to use, but a harder-to-implement language like #Golang is easier to use.