Python

 Funny, as a "pro" software engineer I scoffed at Python for so long...but at least currently the lingua franca of data science and AI/ML is Python. Some would debate me on that but I hold that truth to be self evident. So I started using Python...it is such a joy to work with, so simple to get things done. It is really kind of a wrapper for a bunch of libraries that are both written in Python and other languages like C. Want to do something? Import a library. Want to scrape audio and video from youtube? Here...do it with a library and 10 lines of code. Try that in C#...good luck. Heck you would need 10 lines of squiggly bracelets just to start. Playing with Streamlit also...which is another simple joy. Other stacks are WAY more complex, and yeah you can maybe do some more fine grain stuff, but for me no more using jackhammers to push in thumb tacs....life is too short, and I'm not an egghead. If I get to the point where I need to pass of my stuff to a craftsman/egghead to take it to that uber crafted level, that means my stuff has taken off and scaled beyond what I thought it could, so that is a good problem to have

🙂 Plus I can pretend egghead if I want to, it just isn't where I'm strongest due to attention/brain limitations. I'd rather solve problems that deal with endless coda obscura nuances even though I can. Same with the PhD's in data science and research. Even though I am not at their level I think I've finally found my people 🙂

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