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Yep. For business, solving a business problem or profits from use of apps and systems matter. For FOSS, working is probably the most important.

Sadly: maintainability, scrivener beauty, architecture, language, platform, and such are nonfunctional wants and/or requirements that don't really matter.

What users need, and saving them time, should be the most important problems code solves.

Language and platform religiosity are therefore irrational and often just tribal nonsense. It's therefore absurdly small-minded, self-limiting, and/or a sign of incuriousness whenever I hear someone say "I'm [not] a {X} {guy/gal}" or throw shade or unbridled desire for a particular technology.



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