What you’re describing regarding glob is not lack of taste, it’s an architectural “bug”.
Taste is what Steve Jobs was referring to when he said Microsoft had none. In software it’s defined by a humane, pleasant design that almost(?) anybody can appreciate.
Programming languages cannot be tasteful, because they require time and effort to learn and understand. Python has some degree elegance and Golang’s simplicity has a certain je ne sais quoi… but they’re not really fitting the definition.
Still, some technologies such as git, Linux or Rust stand out as particularly obscure even for the average developer, not just average human.
Taste is what Steve Jobs was referring to when he said Microsoft had none. In software it’s defined by a humane, pleasant design that almost(?) anybody can appreciate.
Programming languages cannot be tasteful, because they require time and effort to learn and understand. Python has some degree elegance and Golang’s simplicity has a certain je ne sais quoi… but they’re not really fitting the definition.
Still, some technologies such as git, Linux or Rust stand out as particularly obscure even for the average developer, not just average human.