Neurodivergent devs: what languages actually *click* for your brain? Not popularity โ€” what feels kind, predictable, low-cognitive-load? Why?

I'm building a framework for ND devs and want real experiences. Rust? Go? Odin? Python? Something else?

Tell me what works (or doesn't) for you.

#ActuallyAutistic #ADHD #Neurodivergent #Programming #Rust #Go #Odin

@dylanisaiah I know this is old, just saw it while searching the Odin tag. Odin is great, its like lua if lua was a systems language, dead simple, intuitive, productive, powerful, and with an emphasis on designing constructs and paradigms for yourself rather than relying on built in types or external libraries. Iโ€™ve recently switched to using it full time. Took some getting used to the manual memory allocations but have mostly used arenas which are easy to reason about!
@MauriceElliott Odin is indeed an interesting language! The only think that stops me from giving it a try to be honest is "main :: proc()", the syntax for declaring variables is just weird to me. I don't mind the :: but maybe "proc::main()" would look better.
@dylanisaiah Totally fair, it was the reason I skipped by it the first time I used it. Missed not having let as well for constants. What I realised about it though is it's highly pragmatic. It doesn't go out of its way to look sexy on a PowerPoint, it's specifically designed to flow when actually writing the code. If you find yourself struggling with what you settled on give it another try, I promise you won't be dissapointed.
@MauriceElliott I might in the future. Right now I am making a programming language called Slate (to be honest I'm using Claude.ai, I couldn't make it on my own)
@dylanisaiah Oh no, AI ๐Ÿ˜ฑ I don't know a single programmer that doesn't use some form of agentic AI at the moment, no matter the skill level.
@MauriceElliott Fair haha! I was just explaining.
@dylanisaiah Yeah, fair, but you donโ€™t have to. I understand the need to be upfront, but donโ€™t let it diminish your perception of your abilities.