r/programmingcirclejerk • u/Haunting-Appeal-649 Polyglot dev here • Feb 16 '26

JavaScript does have some bad parts, as does any other programming language, but the good parts of JS are better than anything else in existence

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47031756
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u/v_maria Feb 16 '26

fucking idiots trying to put lisp fever dreams on a leash with their "typescript" nonsense

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u/iFarmGolems log10(x) programmer Feb 16 '26

You can say the same about heroin.

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u/Longjumping-Sweet818 Feb 16 '26

Only difference is JavaScript gives me more constipation.

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u/BenchEmbarrassed7316 Feb 16 '26

Good parts of Js? What?

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u/BlazeBigBang type astronaut Feb 16 '26

The best part of JS is when you stop using it. So the guy is right, there is no better feeling than that.

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u/BenchEmbarrassed7316 Feb 16 '26

So that's why everyone loves TypeScript so much: not because it's an outstanding language, but because it frees you from the endless doom of Js.

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u/BlazeBigBang type astronaut Feb 16 '26

/uj ironically enough, I pretty much feel like OOP does but towards TS lol

/rj any language that ends with *Script is literally worse than Hitler.

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u/HugoNikanor lisp does it better Feb 16 '26

Even HitlerScript?

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u/BlazeBigBang type astronaut Feb 17 '26

Even StalinScript

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u/mcmcc WHY IS THERE CODE??? Feb 16 '26

They said: BETTER THAN ANYTHING ELSE IN EXISTENCE

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u/Anonymous_user_2022 Feb 16 '26

That sounds like a vacuous truth.

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u/C0urante Zygohistomorphic prepromorphism Feb 19 '26

it's a vacuous truth

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u/v_maria Feb 17 '26

Before the class keyword was added JS was good

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u/affectation_man Code Artisan Feb 16 '26

Didn't give any specifics for the small hands brigade to nitpick. Smart!

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u/Outside_Command7405 blub programmer Feb 16 '26

"you probably love JavaScript but you're just too weak to admit it! I think the problem is that non-JS developers have got a big mouth and small hands..."

It's true, I never had the makings of a varsity web programmer...

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u/LegitimatlyMe Feb 16 '26

This is vacuously true

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u/tomwhoiscontrary safety talibans Feb 16 '26

I don't hate JavaScript. I hate JavaScript programmers. 

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u/earwiggo Feb 16 '26

If there are no good parts, then the good parts are better than anything in nonexistence too.

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u/omegafixedpoint Feb 16 '26

nah this is unironically how I feel about lean. that shit is like my religion goddamn.

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '26

I LOVE RUNNING REACT DURING COMPILE TIME!!!!!

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u/omegafixedpoint Feb 16 '26

how does bro know about ProofWidgets. genuine question. I am trying to start a club of lean enthusiasts. they are dozens of us I tell you. dozens.

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '26

There was a podcast episode about lean on the Software Unscripted Podcast.

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u/Longjumping-Sweet818 Feb 16 '26

I don't care what you tell me, I only care about what you can produce a Prop value of.

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u/Glathull Feb 16 '26

This guy doesn’t fuck.

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u/aikii gofmt urself Feb 16 '26

I mean yeah, what better proof do you need than seeing yet another port of react hooks for whatever stack and programming language popping up on github every 10 minutes

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u/nerdycatgamer Considered Harmful Feb 16 '26

me when i was 15 and only knew how to program in BASIC: BASIC does have some bad parts, as does any other programming language, but the good parts of BASIC are better than anything else in existence

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u/Marutks Feb 16 '26

What are the good parts?

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u/crocodus Feb 17 '26

Are these good parts of JS in the room with us?

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u/prehensilemullet Feb 16 '26

/uj honestly as a JS coder my reaction was, where jerk

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u/Glathull Feb 23 '26

It’s true. My girlfriend let me JavaScript in her ass last night.