The real problem is that programmers have spent far too much time worrying about efficiency in the wrong places and at the wrong times; premature optimization is the root of all evil (or at least most of it) in programming.

— Classic quote by Donald E. Knuth is classic.

But you speak of liking programming, and I emphatically agree with your assessment that that’s necessary to get good at it, and I like that you point out that obsession with efficiency quickly becomes an impediment to that.

I’ll also throw this in, “A Raku Manifesto” by Daniel Sockwell (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3). Especially Part 3 was really eye-opening for me with regard to the question of what kind of programming language is good for personal and libre software projects.

NixOS to Guix discussion thread :)

Do you happen to be in the loop about qutebrowser? I’ve read good things about it (but from 2020).

Audrey Tang ist echt beeindruckend. Hatte damals für Perl 6 (das heute Raku heißt) die Enwicklung des Compilers Pugs geleitet und die Entwicklung der Sprache damit deutlich vorangebracht. Siehe hier warum Raku so spannend ist.