Comments by "Mikko Rantalainen" (@MikkoRantalainen) on "Have We Forgotten How To Program?? | Prime Reacts" video.

  1. 19:30 Have to love the comment putting both Haskell and Malbolge in the same class as esoteric languages!
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  2. Some JS developers seem to think that dependencies do not count at all and you have to minimize the number of lines you personally write. If having extra dependency actually had zero cost in real world, sure, that would make a lot of sense. When I add a dependency to any program I write (hobby or work), I do it with a plan about what's going to happen when (not if) the dependency is broken for any reason. In many cases the answer is "I'll be maintaining that dependency package from that on" and I cannot do that decision unless I look at the implementation and license of the dependency before deciding to use it. And writing a couple of lines of code myself is definitely much faster than reading the license and reviewing the code of the dependency. If you take extra dependencies with "I'm feeling lucky" attitude and do not check license nor implementation, then having an extra dependency may feel like a small thing and be faster than typing even two lines of code. However, if your coding style is "I'm feeling lucky", I'd hate to be your employer because I'm taking all the risk for your work.
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