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  I know it's a really picky take, but I resent the implication that I should want to keep my personal files mixed in at the same level of the file hierarchy as all my applications' random settings, cached data, and temporary garbage. Documents, Music, Videos, Projects, .config, .cache, SelfishAppName, OtherSelfishAppName... It bothered me when Microsoft started doing it in Win95, and it still bothers me in Linux. Especially when software acts surprised (or occasionally indignant) that I...

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  I started programming in a time when the idea that the computer could keep track of your variable types for you automatically was a fever dream, so it's wild for me to see some programmers now throwing shade at particular langages for "not implementing proper variable typing functionality". It feels like someone saying that low-fat milk producers are too cheap or lazy to put enough fat in their milk. Fashion really does go in cycles.

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  You reminded me of a story I recently read, where the author highlighted just how much awesome programming someone had done by describing how their hands were cramping up. It's like estimating how well an artist paints by looking at how much paint is on their clothes, or judging how good a cook is by how many cuts and burns they have. The actions that cause those things are incidental to the process, not central, and an excessive amount points to incompetence, not hard and skillful work.