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Having seen Twitters data on me (they think I’m older than I am by a decade, and have 4 kids, when I have 2), I too wonder how accurate this data can really be.

Anymore I just straight up “lie” about personal details. A relationship with a tech company is based upon serving my needs first, not theirs, IMO. And at least for me the need they fill is convenience of not having to build the service they provide. Which I would do if said service did not exist.

So there’s that. Have my fake data. Sell emotional but technically inaccurate promises to advertisers all ya want, SV.

So what reason is there for adding a new string formatting syntax that looks nothing like string formatting syntax used in any other language, and obliges a non-insignificant userbase to adapt?

Technological purity or scratching some philosophical itch would be a poor reason, IMO, given how broad the externalized costs run.

So is it provably easier to reason around the new style? Reduce computing time by an order of magnitude (in the modern era where compute cycles and memory are hella cheap)?

Code is to be written so it’s understandable and useful for humans first, right?

How does a third syntax for a solved usecase offer real value to the user base?

Or are we just being sycophants of so-called experts, peddling some novel “look”. Experts who largely built a rep on first mover advantage, but have since seen that excuse for being deified evaporate as the rest of world learned all the same tricks?