What languages and tools do you use that spark joy?

I can't live without Emacs plus org-mode. This is what helps get me through my day. I used to have so many applications open at once. This just became more desktop clutter and became a big distraction. Now, I have very few applications open and this allows me to focus on the tasks I need to get done. There is no end to what you can learn or do with emacs. I enjoy learning something new every single day.

TypeScript (and Node.js) sparks an unhealthy relationship. It's love-hate, but the development is fast, as well as let me develop anything I can think of. (partially due to vastness of NPM, and partially due to dynamicness of JavaScript.)

Elixir is so beautiful to write <3

Despite its many quirks, JavaScript is fun. To this day I still pick up awesome little tricks like this one.

As a PHP user, I love using Laravel. I also love using Tailwind CSS whenever I get the chance.

Tailwind was weird to look at at first with all of the class names, but it quickly became easy to remember them by their prefixes.

As another comment said, the Tailwind IntelliSense plugin for VS Code also helps a lot when you're trying to find the right variation of a class (especially margin/padding sizes and text colors).

I guess I could say I'm happy not having to directly write CSS. It's so time-consuming.

If it's a tool: for me it is probably Wallaby.js - realtime as you type test runner with super powerful in editor feedback and debugging tools (and as someone else said, Quokka.js its sibling).

For a language then that's harder - I always had a soft spot for Ruby, I'm very excited about Elixir, I think C# is powerful and expressive, but coming from where it was - modern Javascript has a fluidity that is complimented by it's new found terseness and support for asynchronous coding.

Hands down Rust and Cargo. One of the best, most rewarding developer experiences I’ve ever had.

Spring Boot ❤️

I love the library I created: rubico. Think RxJS, but no Observables, just vanilla types. I put up a website with some runnable code examples here. Here's a code sample with deno that I look at every now and again

import { serve } from "https://deno.land/std/http/server.ts";
import { map, transform } from "https://deno.land/x/rubico/rubico.js";
const s = serve({ port: 8001 });
console.log("http://localhost:8001/");
transform(map(req => {
  req.respond({ body: "Hello World\n" });
}), null)(s);

Unix systems come to mind - the philosophy of small tools that do one thing and fit together really well. Vi, specifically Neovim, always makes me feel right at home. Git just generally tends to make me super stoked by how powerful it is.

Honestly, there aren't many libraries, languages or frameworks that have made me feel that way. Most seem to have too many jagged edges. The closest one is probably pytest - fantastic framework. Super flexible, and so well thought out. Top-quality docs, streamlined design, no-hassle setup, plugins, and just the right level of guard rails. I'm not a huge fan of dynically-typed languages, but the Python community in general seems to be just so full of good ideas.

For me, it's #elixir
Favorite to read.
Favorite to write.
Makes hard problems easier.

I have really been in love with type checking in python with mypy.

Regex.

-Said no one ever :)

For me it‘s Go/Golang! I love to write it and learning something new feels like reading a good book. Interesting and rewarding