A C# dev can learn F# in two weeks. And it is a very big difference. IMHO, „C#/Java is good enough“ typically comes from people who never have seen the simplicity pipes and computation expressions bring to the code. - ThreadSky

ursenzler.bsky.social • 1 day ago

A C# dev can learn F# in two weeks.
And it is a very big difference. IMHO, „C#/Java is good enough“ typically comes from people who never have seen the simplicity pipes and computation expressions bring to the code.

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speakezai.bsky.social•1 day ago

I think he meant "comfortable enough" 😜 [poke poke]

speakezai.bsky.social•1 day ago

As a point of order we should say we were dead-set against using React until recently as 1) it's not *actually* a reactive framework, and 2) it's a total pig to deal with in deploying to the desktop. But there *is* something to be said for dealing within the confines of a well-worn pattern. So YMMV.

speakezai.bsky.social•1 day ago

And while we're here - it's worth noting that C# devs will spend months bike shedding some semblance of F#-ness into C# - look at language-ext and the "home-grown" borrowings.

No one ever bothered to ask if it would simply be more efficient to learn F# enough to use those features with interop. 💡

speakezai.bsky.social•1 day ago

Insert "Men will literally spend years doing ... instead of going to therapy" joke here.

brucejdragon.bsky.social•1 day ago

Also people who have never worked with a C# codebase so old that bit rot has set in because of all the mutable state and potential nullrefs.

speakezai.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yeah but that's just "job security" 😉

brucejdragon.bsky.social•1 day ago

I call it “a chronic impediment to doing higher value work”

speakezai.bsky.social•1 day ago

*That* is the BS I can't wait for #AI to dismiss - glory-chasing middle-managers making hay for 🩹 "fixes" toward their next promotion while leaving landmines 💥 in their wake. 💣

brucejdragon.bsky.social•1 day ago

How do you see AI helping with that? I’m genuinely curious.

The AI-generated code I’ve seen is less objectively stupid than other people’s code I’ve had to maintain (at least in terms of style, if not correctness). Still, it’s early days, and the generated code is still in an imperative language…

speakezai.bsky.social•1 day ago

It depends on the model, and there's no magic cure. The point is that in the fullness of time, certain strong suits of well-made coding models will yield better testing and refactoring. It's more of a factor of velocity with value rather than simply succumbing to the whims of glory chasers.

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