a smart hack for performance is don't use python

Exactly. Consider rewriting the hot paths to a C extension, or using cython or nim. Pypy or the jit rarely

I would tell you a joke about python but it would take you a long time to get it.

You can tell me a joke about Python, but I'll need someone to interpret it.

At least you eventually get it. I regularly don't get UDP jokes.

At least you can come up with a joke quickly with Python

Yeah, but it requires a script!

thanks, saved me some time.

imagine what the future could have been if the html spec was enhanced to support the features of htmx rather than the push for javascript enhancements.

We may have had a future without javascript ever running on a server.

I spotted it right away. If you plan to use a library in your project RTFM

You mean a statement like this https://tukaani.org/xz-backdoor/