[rhodysurf]

Isn’t it just as entitled to refuse learning something because you will only use the language you want? Even if it’s forcing a square peg in a round hole?

Cmon tho, any competent engineer can switch between languages without many issues.

[hajile]

The basics of switching to a language in the same/similar paradigm isn't that hard. Re-learning tooling, libraries, etc takes a very long time. I can rattle off reams of stuff in the languages I know, but I'd have to spend hours searching for that same stuff in other languages.

[rhodysurf]

Thats very true. The tooling and dependency part about switching sucks for sure.

[dspillett]

> Isn’t it just as entitled to refuse learning something because you will only use the language you want?

Not really IMO. If users don't like it, they can usually use something else.

A point I didn't make clear at all is "you have used Electron, eww" is a poor judgement. "It is too slow for my needs, look at this benchmark" or "it takes too much RAM, look at the problem this causes" or "it takes a while to load, look at this metric that shows the effect it has on me" are all valid and constructive criticisms. "I don't like part of what, to me as a user should be a black box, is made with" isn't (if it works for you, it works, if it doesn't for a practical reason then it doesn't, how it is made and how the maintainers might solve your issue if they chose to address it is their problem). If going from a fellow developers PoV then by all means give constructive critique but "you use Electron, you a stupid" (a tone I've seen a fair few times) isn't that, and as a developer if you want an X made a different way go make an X that way (or, back to user-land, go find one made that way, there will probably be other options).

> Even if it’s forcing a square peg in a round hole?

This can be a problem created by switching language (or framework, or other) without sufficient acclimation time: you end up using the new tools like they were your old tools, which might produce something that works badly because the new options are not optimal for that construction pattern or at least that pattern does not use the other tools to their best advantage. Have you never heard the pained yelps of "but... that just isn't Pythonic!" or similar?

> Cmon tho, any competent engineer can switch between languages without many issues.

Depending on experience level, that is rarely without at least some context switching cost even if you are already familiar with what you are switching to. Maybe you are a natural star engineer for whom this is as close to zero as makes no odds, but most of use are not quite that perfect!