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pandoc comes to mind, one of those pieces of software that “just works.” I’m not a Haskell guy but pandoc makes me wonder sometimes.

Visual Basic (cue the hecklers). Yes the language is awful. But the tool was great. I wish Microsoft (or somebody) would release a new version for full-stack apps with a drag-and-drop UI with js event handlers, easy backend framework, and a one-button “deploy to cloud” button for testing. Then a “publish” button that sets up your CI pipeline for production deployments. I feel like we’ve raised the white flag in terms of what software development should look like in 2022. Writing yaml feels like banging rocks together compared to possible alternatives.




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