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The niche of short, environment-specific scripts, and the consequences for programming language design choices: https://brrt-to-the-future.blogspot.com/2021/03/why-bother-with-scripting.html

What are the most interesting upcoming scripting languages? Scripting remains an important part of the programming language ecosystem. Optimise time to first feature. Allow mutation of the running system to experiment. Interactive inspection of data.

If you created a large, successful OSS project, would you want to be BDFL or move on after a period? I see tradeoffs on both sides, although it's not a decision I've needed to make myself.