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For me, HN is not a news source. HN is a forum.

Yeah, that's a good point, given how Crystal might very well work as a language for making games.

>I know most of the core fiddly bits of AWS like the back of my hand but Azure and GCP are completely incomprehensible to me.

You don't think there's anything wrong with that, given how they're tackling almost an identical problem?

This is all cool, and I'm happy for you for your privilege and luck.

However, I'm not sure what your anecdote has to do with what Shopify's CEO is saying. Certainly your hours are not necessary, rather you (and/or your manager) just choose to do them? Or do you think your employer would be significantly damaged if you did not?

When a company builds a certification system around its thing, you can be sure that simplicity and ease-of-use has stopped being a problem for them.

>Hilarious considering it is, by far, the most used desktop operating system.

You think so? The latest Stackoverflow survey says otherwise: https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2019#technology-_-...

"Linux 53.3%, Windows 50.7% MacOS 22.2%"

Yes, since the question is slightly open, this could refer to target platforms instead of what the actual developers are using on their desktops. Still, a nice-looking datapoint ;)

Anecdotally, as an IT chief I see developers who use Windows struggle with tasks that are simple in Linux and MacOS. There's a reason why a) MacOS won so many developers and why b) Microsoft is spending so many resources making WSL/WSL2.

>You pretty much have to go out of your way to make a language that won't run on Windows.

That's a bit ridiculous. In the group of most desktop operating systems, Windows is the odd ball. Supporting it is a huge hassle, and from a certain point of view with a very small ROI.

I wonder why the Swift threads have far fewer complaints about missing Windows support. Perhaps the absurdity is more obvious in that case?

Well, ok, so Crystal is 0 years old.