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Is it possible that software application developers have a deep fear/anxiety about a back-end component they rely on that uses a different programming language that they don't fully grasp? (lemmy.ml)

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Would fight or flight kick in with their behavior in avoiding the critical deepest (crash-causing, lost-data) software component name and identity? If the mistakes in such programming languages were causing multiple independent servers to melt down in CPU overload?

Can media machines traumatize developers, if there are extreme dehumanization contents and pornography stored in that back-end critical component? If the avoided programming language and logical errors in their own responsibilities utilized the word "TRIGGER" (programming syntax), could that induce social anxiety behavior?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I'm a hobbyist programmer, but I still think I can answer your questions.

Question 1

When a library is written in another language, it's most likely done to increase efficiency. For example, many libraries in Python are written in C, as C is a very performant programming language. Python, however, is slow but easy to write, unlike C.

A programmer would only be stressed about an external component if it were unmaintained. This is primarily for security reasons, as vulnerabilities in the library could be found and exploited. It being in a language the programmer doesn't know just makes them incapable of solving the issue themselves, which could be stressful to some programmers.

Question 2

This would never happen, as content isn't stored in the back-end. All content is stored on the production server (the one that viewers would interact with). This is especially true if the content is copyrighted. The most popular way to add content without developers needing to update the software is to use the metadata found in the file(s). For example, metadata can include the content's title, author(s), length, which season an episode is in (for TV shows), and much more.

The usage of "trigger" in a programming language wouldn't cause any anxiety. This is because of the context the word is used, in this case a log generated by the program. They'd know that the word "trigger" is being used to activate something (ex: X triggered Y to occur). Therefore, the programmer would be fine.

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