I wrote about this back in 2022, still applicable today: https://www.golang.dk/articles/benchmarking-sqlite-performan...

My pulse is still higher than usual. We just spent an hour on this. This is an art game. :D Thank you!

You’re missing MIDI controllers, of which there are plenty. :) Synth versions without the keys are often called “desktop versions”.

I build my frontends with HTML using gomponents. The jury’s still out about how far I can get with just Go while incorporating LLMs into my apps, but I’m optimistic!

Yep! "Boring tech" has basically become an established term at this point, I'm not going to change that.

I think it's a great example of a modern, elegant, boring & productive language.

But Go wasn't really the point of the article, so maybe we shouldn't be here doing language flamewars? :D

The Javascript tooling ecosystem seems especially broken. XKCD 927 [0] applies there, to build systems, frameworks, and more.

I would suggest trying a different ecosystem entirely. I chose Go's, but there are many alternatives not nearly as broken, and in some cases working quite nicely.

[0]: https://xkcd.com/927/

Party pooper. ;)

Your secret is out. Hopefully it's everybody's secret, and we just have different preferences. But then "use technologies that you enjoy, and add LLMs" is a less grabby headline.

My point isn’t about these particular technologies. Pick any you like. But maybe not the flashy new ones, but the ones that make you the most productive and don’t change a lot. And then add the fancy new LLMs.

In what way are you in doubt whether or not it's satire?

Because it's completely backwards. "Choose technology so painful to work with that even LLMs seem helpful!"

Yes, exactly! There's not much new here. :D