Tech Tales: Python: The Best Way to Waste 40 Hours of Your Life Writing Apps No One Will Use

**Python: The Easiest, Dumbest Way to Write a Whole Lot of Nothing, But You Can Hack With It If You’re Deranged**

So, here’s the thing—I’ve been coding in Python for 40 hours. That’s **40 hours**, man. I’ve had bad relationships that didn’t even last that long. After those 40 hours, I’ve come to a conclusion: **Python is by far the dumbest smart language ever invented**. It’s like a pair of sweatpants. Yeah, sure, it’s comfortable. You throw them on, feel nice and relaxed. But the thing about sweatpants is, you’re not exactly changing the world in them. You’re not showing up to a board meeting in sweatpants, ready to give the quarterly report, right? “Oh yeah, I’ve got my PowerPoint and my fuzzy slippers on. Let’s talk numbers, gentlemen.”

Python is **easy**, sure. So easy, it makes you feel like a genius when all you’re really doing is writing some code that counts how many times you blink. I mean, I’ve written apps in Python faster than I could microwave a frozen burrito. Need a program that tracks how many times your neighbor’s dog barks at 3 a.m.? Python can do that in under an hour. It’s like giving a kid a coloring book and then calling them Picasso because they stayed inside the lines.

But the second you try to do something serious—**anything** that requires more than counting numbers or printing text—**Python just craps out**. It’s like, “Woah, woah, woah, buddy. I’m not here for this!” You start thinking, “Hey, maybe I’ll make a text editor, you know, a real piece of software,” and Python just gives you that side-eye like, “Text editor? Oh, what are you, the next Steve Jobs? Yeah, good luck with that, chief.”

#### **I Tried to Make an Editor in Python and It Was Like Watching a Car Fire in Slow Motion**

So here’s how it went down. I get this bright idea—“I’m going to make an editor in Python! Python’s easy, right?!” That’s what everybody says. I fire up the ol’ Python IDE and start hammering away. “This is gonna be a breeze!” I thought. You know, just build a little text editor—something simple, something that can, you know, *edit text* without looking like a ransom note.

But here’s the thing about building an editor in Python: **it’s like trying to grill a steak in a toaster.** Sure, you can jam it in there, and technically, heat’s involved, but the end result is nothing you’d want to put in your mouth. Every time I tried to add a feature, it was like playing a game of coding Russian roulette. “Let’s add syntax highlighting!”—and then the whole thing just crashes and burns. "Maybe I’ll add a save button?"—and suddenly the editor thinks I’ve declared war on its entire family.

I spent hours—**hours**—trying to get Python to just *not suck* at making a window that didn’t flicker like it was programmed by someone on a caffeine bender. The deeper I went, the more I realized Python was **not made for this**. It’s like trying to build a house out of Jell-O. You can stack it up and make something that vaguely resembles a house, but the second someone opens the door, the whole thing comes down in a wobbly, gelatinous heap.

### **C++: The Language for People Who Like to Bleed, but Get Results**

So, after my miserable experience trying to make Python do anything remotely useful, I remembered something important: **C++ exists**. And let me tell ya—**C++ is not for the faint of heart**. C++ is like going to a blacksmith to get your teeth cleaned. It’s hard. It’s brutal. But man, when it works, it’s like magic.

If Python is the lazy sweatpants of programming languages, **C++ is a freaking tuxedo made of razor wire**. Yeah, it’s painful. You forget a semicolon, and suddenly your compiler spits out a 300-line error message that reads like Shakespearean tragedy. C++ doesn’t play nice. It’s like a strict coach who kicks your ass until you’re crying, but then you win the championship and realize it was all worth it.

But once I switched back to C++, it was like the clouds parted and the angels sang. Suddenly, **everything started working**. I had an editor that could open, save, and even render a little **proton-shooting animation**. I felt like I had climbed Mount Everest. “Let there be frames per second!” I said, and C++ was like, “Done, kid. Have 60 of ‘em.”

Sure, C++ is a sadistic piece of work, but **you learn to love the pain**. Because once you get through it? Oh man. It’s like walking into a gourmet steakhouse after eating fast food for a week. It’s rich. It’s smooth. It’s fast. Python? Python couldn’t handle rendering a single sprite without breaking down into a whimpering pile of ones and zeros. C++? C++ says, “You want shadows? You want reflections? You want 3D rendering at 60fps? Sure thing, boss, just don’t forget to free your memory.”

### **Ruby: The Language That Makes You Feel Smart, but Can’t Carry the Weight**

Now, around this time, I started hearing the sweet, seductive whispers of **Ruby**. People in the know were all like, “Oh man, have you tried Ruby? You gotta check it out. It’s so clean, so elegant, it’s practically poetry.” And I’ll be honest—I was **tempted**. I was ready to pack my bags and head off to Ruby Land, where everything’s simple and beautiful and nobody has a care in the world.

Ruby’s like that smooth-talking friend who’s always telling you to ditch your 9-to-5 job and start a yoga studio. It makes everything sound **so easy**. “Why are you still using C++? Come on, man, look at me! I’ve got this clean syntax. I’m all human-readable! You won’t even need semicolons anymore!” Ruby is the kind of language that makes you feel smarter than you actually are. You write a few lines, and suddenly you’re like, “Oh wow, I’m a coding genius!” But here’s the problem: **Ruby is soft**.

Ruby’s like a drink that tastes amazing, but after three of them, you’re wondering if there’s any alcohol in it. It’s **smooth**, but it’s not **strong**. I thought about making the switch. I really did. I even wrote a little code in Ruby, just to see how it felt. And yeah, it was nice. Real nice. But when it comes down to the heavy lifting, when you need real **performance**, Ruby’s over there sipping its latte and going, “Oh, you need what now? That’s cute.”

Ruby’s fantastic for building apps that look great on the surface. Want to build a beautiful website for a cat café? **Ruby’s your gal**. Want to make a fully-featured game editor with real-time rendering? Ruby’s gonna curl up in a ball and start crying. I almost left C++ for Ruby, but deep down, I knew the truth. Ruby’s good for show, but when the chips are down? **It’s C++ all the way.**

### **The Python Hacking Myth: Sure, You Can Hack, but It’s Overrated**

And then there’s this thing people keep saying about Python: “Oh, Python’s great for hacking! You can hack people with Python! It’s so easy!” Yeah, okay, let’s talk about that. Sure, you can write some **brute-force** code in Python, but here’s the deal: **it’s overrated**. You’re not Neo from The Matrix. You’re not sitting in some dark room with screens full of cascading green numbers, breaking into the Pentagon. **Brute forcing is the dumbest way to hack anything.**

You know what brute-forcing is? It’s like trying to open a locked door by running headfirst into it over and over again. Yeah, sure, eventually the door might break, but you’re gonna give yourself a concussion before that happens. And if you’re trying to brute force anything with **decent security**? They’re gonna lock you out after, like, three wrong attempts. You’d have better luck guessing lottery numbers than breaking into a secure server with a Python brute-force script.

But hey, you want to do some **spying**? Python’s pretty good for that. You want to write a little script that monitors someone’s browsing habits or scrapes data off a website? Python’s got you covered. You want to DDoS a website because you’ve completely lost your mind? Python will make it happen. But seriously, if you’re **that guy**—the one doing DDoS attacks because you got bored of trolling people on Discord—**you need help**.

### **In the End, I’m Sticking with C++ (Sorry, Ruby)**

So, after all of this—the Python nightmares, the Ruby temptations, and way too much time on hacker forums—I’ve made my decision: **I’m sticking with C++

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