Cool. My maxxed out M4 Max MBP is scheduled for delivery tomorrow. Guess I’ll return it.
The M5 Pro/Max models are likely going to arrive in March (but maybe earlier)
Readit Newsppeetteerr commented on Top Programming Languages 2025 spectrum.ieee.org/top-pro... · Posted by u/jnord
> Java is maturing into a syntactically nice language, albeit slowly, and it's the backbone of many medium and large companies.
I've heard about Java initiatives to improve it, but can you point to examples of how how Java "is maturing into a syntactically nice language"?
I'm tempted to learn it, but wonder whether it would really become nice enough to become a 'go-to' language (over TS in my case)
I've always felt it was verbose and the need for classes for everything was a bit of a overkill in 90% of circumstances (we're even seeing a pushback against OOP these days).
Here are some actual improvements:
- Record classes
public record Point(int x, int y) { }
- Record patterns
record Person(String name, int age) { }
if (obj instanceof Person(String name, int age)) { System.out.println(name + " is " + age); }
- No longer needing to import base Java types - Automatic casting
if (obj instanceof String s) { // use s directly }
Don't get me wrong, I still find some aspects of the language frustrating:
- all pointers are nullable with support from annotation to lessen the pain
- the use of builder class functions (instead of named parameters like in other languages)
- having to define a type for everything (probably the best part of TS is inlining type declarations!)
But these are minor gripes
ppeetteerr commented on Top Programming Languages 2025 spectrum.ieee.org/top-pro... · Posted by u/jnord
As a backend dev (mostly working in fintech) I feel weirdly unable to find a target language to move to.
After working with Node and Ruby for a while I really miss a static type system. - Typescript was limited by its option to allow non strictness.
Nothing catches my eye, as it’s either Java/.Net and its enterprisey companies or Go, which might not be old but feels like it is, by design. Rust sounds fun, but its usecases don’t align much with my background.
Any advice?
Java is maturing into a syntactically nice language, albeit slowly, and it's the backbone of many medium and large companies.
You might have trouble finding small companies using anything but JS/Ruby/Python. These companies align more with velocity and cost of engineering, and not so much with performance. That's probably why the volume of interpreted languages is greater than that of "enterprisey" or "performance" languages.
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ppeetteerr commented on Writing code is easy, reading it isn't idiallo.com/blog/writing-... · Posted by u/jnord
Can you define what an "error" is?
Logic error, for instance
ppeetteerr commented on Writing code is easy, reading it isn't idiallo.com/blog/writing-... · Posted by u/jnord
This is not unique to the age of LLMs. PR reviews are often shallow because the reviewer is not giving the contribution the amount of attention and understanding it deserves.
With LLMs, the volume of code has only gotten larger but those same LLMs can help review the code being written. The current code review agents are surprisingly good at catching errors. Better than most reviewers.
We'll soon get to a point where it's no longer necessary to review code, either by the LLM prompter, or by a second reviewer (the volume of generate code will be too great). Instead, we'll need to create new tools and guardrails to ensure that whatever is written is done in a sustainable way.
ppeetteerr commented on Type checking is a symptom, not a solution programmingsimplicity.sub... · Posted by u/mpweiher
Why have stair railing when the real problem are buildings with multiple floors?
ppeetteerr commented on Claude Code: Now in Beta in Zed zed.dev/blog/claude-code-... · Posted by u/meetpateltech
I love Zed and I'm glad you now have native support for Claude. I previously ran it using the instructions in this post: https://benswift.me/blog/2025/07/23/running-claude-code-with...
One thing that still suffers is AI autocomplete. While I tried Zed's own solution and supermaven (now part of Cursor), I still find Cursor's AI autocomplete and predictions much more accurate (even pulling up a file via search is more accurate in Cursor).
I am glad to hear that Zed got a round of funding. https://zed.dev/blog/sequoia-backs-zed This will go a long way to creating real competition to Cursor in the form of a quality IDE not built on VSCode
I think it makes perfect sense, there's still plenty of room to grow here, and they clearly know how to do it. I'm just curious which specs they'll decide to cut or define. Even an M1 with 8 GB of RAM is still very capable today. I only hope they don't launch a new operating system variety for this, just the same macOS. I can't imagine a "macOS Home Edition".