Entries for January 24, 2026
I'm really starting to dislike Python in the age of agents. What was before an advantage is now a hindrance I finally achieved full ty coverage in @TextCortex monorepo. I have made it extra strict by turning warnings into errors. But lo and behold, simple pydantic config like use_enum_values=True can render static typechecking meaningless. okay, let's never use that then... and also field_validator() args must always use the correct type or stuff breaks as well. and you should be careful whether mode="before" or "after". so now you have to write your custom lint rules, because of course why should ty have to match field_validator()s to their fields? pydantic is so much better than everything that came before it, but it's still duct tape and a weak attempt at trying to redeem that which is very hard to redeem you feel the difference when you use something like typescript. there must be a better way. python's only advantage was being good at prototyping, and now that's gone in the age of agents. now we are left with a slow, unsafe language, operating what is soon to be legacy infrastructure-
Why do I feel bullish on @zeddotdev? Because I go to @astral_sh docs and see that ty is shipped by default, and you don't need to install an extension like in @codeImage hidden
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This is one of the most important insights this year
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vscode my not be as bloated as cursor, but it has extremely stupid things like this that they are not fixing fast the new agent ui, icons, spacing etc. are UGLY. it's clear that the person who was managing the original product experience is not there anymore. microslop has hit again @zeddotdev on the other hand works out of the box and feels like it's been built by people who clearly knows what they are doing. it uses alacritty which is 1000x better than xterm .js terminal vscode and cursor has i've changed my setup to zed now, let's see whether i'll be able to make it work for myself