The best programming language
I had an interview today where I had to solve an algo problem very quickly (in ~10 mins). I was caught off-guard because it was only an initial call for half hour so I wasn't excepting a coding task. Anyway the interview said I can pick any language to solve the task. And what language did I choose? Python. Not Clojure or Rust or C++. Just plain ol' Python.
I had started to hate Python ever since I noticed how pretty a Kotlin function looked on my wife's IDE. I walked back to my desk that day and saw the ugly Python module on my screen -- with the indentations and decorators and the weird way I have to initialize each class. I have been trying to get better another language, Kotlin is really cool, learning Rust seems to make people think that you are smart. And imagine someone at a coffeeshop lazily glancing at your screen while you're writing Clojure! They'd probably think you are doing some rocket science or something.
However, my experience today grounded me a bit. The best programming language is just the one with which you are most comfortable. It is like your native tongue vs some language you learned to impress that girl in high school. You'll always be your most authentic self with the native language. Python with all its imperfections, just like my own, is indeed the best programming language for me.