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by hbrn 1210 days ago
> all Python packages are of poor quality

> Erlang has less infrastructure, and in many cases you'll be the master of your own libraries

Which, funny enough, are also going to be of "poor quality" when judged by external observer.

At least with Python packages their pitfalls are known and documented. But I get it, NIH can be very enjoyable.

> In the kind of projects I work with, it's typical that a programmer won't be productive for several months anyways due to having to learn about the project's structure.

I can't help but notice that you're shifting the blame to the type of project to protect your precious tech stack.