Curtis "Ovid" Poe (he/him)Oct 13

Hey, any Python experts want to help a Python newbie out? I've been hacking for decades, but I can't say I know Python best practices.

I'm working on https://github.com/Ovid/sqlitch-v2 (porting some Perl code to Python) and while it seems good to me (but very much alpha and a WIP), I don't know what I don't know. If there's anything obvious I've missed or is unpythonic, I would love to know.

#Python #Perl

Show threadJason CromeOct 13
@ovid But… why? Is this to improve adoption by Perl-adverse shops? I use the dockerized version for several projects and no one bats an eye.
Show threadCurtis "Ovid" Poe (he/him)Oct 13

@cromedome Not happy about this, but:

* The company bans Perl in its tech stack.
* If they switch away from their currently broken tooling, they want something they can maintain and extend.
* I'm working with 200+ devs, many of them newer, and they don't want to use CLI tools. It's trivial for me to extend this new tool with a GUI.

I'm not saying these are great reasons, but that's the pushback.

Show threadJason CromeOct 13
@ovid Currently feeling some of this pain here. Our private equity overlords have declared we need to remove Perl from the stack, so we are currently rewriting 575k lines of Perl to Python… 😭
Show threadManni
@cromedome @ovid wow. Any idea about there reasoning? Is it easier to sell you with a different stack?
This sure sounds like a huge "investment".
Oct 13 at 3:50pmIceCubesApp
Show threadJason CromeOct 13
@confuseacat @ovid On the surface, because “of Perl’s lack of long term viability, and high cost of hiring Perl developers.” Honestly, I think our PE ownership thinks they can sell us for more if we rewrite, and I think the CTO must get a better bonus if we’re done when that happens. #pessimist
Show threadChris (so far)Oct 13
@cromedome @confuseacat @ovid At this point I’d say define long term viability? Like we’re (nearly) as far down the totem as you can get and still dropping annual releases.