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by magic_hamster 1230 days ago
It bothers me that people still treat python as a quick script hacking tool. You can build magnificent software with python.
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freilanzer 1230 days ago
I have written and am currently writing software in Python, and let me tell you: I would rather use any other statically typed language, such as Kotlin or F#.
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ihatepython 1230 days ago
In theory, yes. However, I have never actually seen this mythical magnificent software written in Python.
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MrVandemar 1230 days ago
I've always found this game (in development) to be extremely impressive:

https://www.markrjohnsongames.com/games/ultima-ratio-regum/

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pocket_cheese 1230 days ago
Magnificent software is software that makes money or ads value. With Python, technical debt has a higher interest rate, but the loan amount is greater. Right now, I've worked on a webapp that actually makes me money. It took my 6 weeks with really hacky python to get it running in production and serving requests. My last company is still 4 months on their iteration of a similar product because they wanted to build it the correct way with a typed language and better abstraction.

IMHO for greenfield startup projects/POCs, I much prefer python for making things fast and getting things out to market asap. Spaghetti gets me fed.

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wavy-dingo 1230 days ago
It sounds like you scoped the requirements tightly. Kept the code simple by minimizing LoC. likely you have no interest in writing and re-writing the product to maximize or increase profits overtime. You don’t have to work with anyone else to document or explain your spaghetti.

This is good for python. It does break down for bigger more complex projects at a certain point.

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stuaxo 1228 days ago
https://github.com/uktrade/tamato/

This is a Django based tool to manage the tax rates you pay on any thing you might trade with the UK.

It can handle all the changes to the tax from the founding of the EU, through past Brexit when the UK has its own tariff as well.

Running it locally, it may not be straightforward to get hold of the right data (you can download it, but I don't think it's a turn key thing).

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kelipso 1230 days ago
It's a bit of a hell to write anything in python that is more than a 100 lines or so and needs any amount of structure.
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