Heyy, I’m learning programming and trying to choose a focus, I saw you can make web/backend w node, desktop (bloatware but discord uses it so if it works it works), games (not AAA and not optimized for performance but it shouldn’t matter for indie too much) Is there anything that compares? I wanna focus on one thing instead of spreading myself over a ton of languages, I do feel js is interesting for this, but I’m just starting out, so looking to hear some thoughts of people more familiar with programming.

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    I would not recommend to choose JS as your first language. Yes, it is versatile, but it has many varieties, good and bad ones, and it can easily cause bad habits in your coding.

    So you better choose one of the more strict languages. Maybe Kotlin. Or python, or rust.

    Or good old C, as some others have suggested. C is a great teacher for good habits, because it’s outright dangerous to make certain mistakes there. But it is not so much used anymore.

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      seems python is super popular too, can you build nice UI’s with it? I mostly see python on AI stuff and cli

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        Python is a general purpose language, you can do almost anything with it, including nice UIs. But I would say it’s definitely not the first thing I would chose for heavy UI. It is generally strong in data stuff and it’s a very good language to learn programming in general. It’s not a bad choice.

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        Good UIs are not made in good programming languages, but in good UI builder tools.

        That’s because the UI should be somewhat separated from the logic “below”. You can still use python, no problem at all, if your UI tool supports it.

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              Yeah i won’t go a ton into detail, but he (i wont say which one out of the 2 main guys) had an interesting relationship with his girlfriend at the time, so he threw some cash my way for me to do her in front of him. It wasn’t like too weird or like the cuck thing, they were just really a horny couple and w me being a cute young short guy on a girl cosplay… Well seems they love having fun haha. They were super respectful and we had lunch together watching rick and morty before getting it on. Also they love playing the stock market, this godot guy told me he over estimates consulting jobs for big companies (2 weeks for a thing that takes him like 3-4 days) and then he spends the rest of the time playing with stocks, he tried to explain it to me but it was super complicated for my small brain. TLDR: godot guys are chill af

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                It’s plausible, I suppose, that one of the people involved in the governance of Godot could have paid you for sex.

                That said, I don’t take hearsay or gossip at its word. Since it would be inappropriate for you to provide proof, I will default to not believing you. I am not accusing you of lying, though.

                i wont say which one out of the 2 main guys

                I’ll try to figure it out, for fun. It’s either Juan Linietsky or Ariel Manzur.

                Also they love playing the stock market, this godot guy told me he over estimates consulting jobs for big companies (2 weeks for a thing that takes him like 3-4 days) and then he spends the rest of the time playing with stocks…

                I can’t find any evidence of Juan Linietsky or Ariel Manzur being involved in stock consultation. But there is some evidence of Linietsky being involved in ‘tech consultation’, so you’re likely referring to him.

                w me being a cute young short guy on a girl cosplay

                Slay.👍

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                  It’s just a fun fact, not something for defamation, to win internet clout or anything like that (that’s why I don’t wanna get into too much detail) Also I don’t think the guy i met did consultation regarding stocks, he did consultation with his like programming skills and stuff, the stock thing is just something he showed me he and his gf liked doing for fun on the side (can’t remember but might’ve been related to something like daytrading more than a long term 10-15 year set and forget investment) But just to reiterate, great people at least from the little time i hanged out with them they seemed super chill.

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                    It’s just a fun fact, not something for defamation

                    I assumed you had good intentions, yes. I’m just not going to take you at your word out of principle. I won’t believe that a person paid for sex without proof. I don’t assume you’re lying, but I’m not confident enough in your verity to assume you are telling the truth, either.

                    great people at least from the little time i hanged out with them they seemed super chill.

                    I’ll take your word at that. If they are good people, you could probably befriend them if they still live in the same region as you. At least, I assume they did, unless you used Grindr while traveling or met them at a hotel.