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0 pointsakkartik4y ago0 comments

What languages does it depend on so far? Do you try to minimize the number of language eco-systems you rely on?

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Yes, I aim to keep the amount of languages and tools I use to a minimum:

- For simple scripts, use POSIX sh

- For more complex scripts, use Python

- For the same sort of task, use only one tool (e.g., only use Ansible for configuration management, don't mix in Puppet or Chef)

akkartikOP4y ago

Awesome!

I was thinking more about the user-facing apps you use. Scanning https://github.com/khuedoan/homelab, Gitea is Go, Grafana is Javascript (approximately), Element is Javascript, Dendrite is Go, Vault is Go. K8s itself is Go. Are you planning to run your own email server?

Now I find myself wondering what app choices exist if one were to try to constrain oneself entirely to operating in the Go eco-system, with Javascript only for web clients. That would be quite parsimonious.

khuedoan4y ago

Ah, for user-facing apps I prefer Go or Rust for their performance, although it's not a hard requirement.

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khuedoan4y ago

Yes, I aim to keep the amount of languages and tools I use to a minimum:

- For simple scripts, use POSIX sh

- For more complex scripts, use Python

- For the same sort of task, use only one tool (e.g., only use Ansible for configuration management, don't mix in Puppet or Chef)

akkartikOP4y ago

Awesome!

khuedoan4y ago

Ah, for user-facing apps I prefer Go or Rust for their performance, although it's not a hard requirement.

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