I've been doing a lot of JavaScript lately... and had a chance to spend some time on [VPSpay.com](http://vpspay.com) - a really mature Python app. 

**Wow, Python is clean.**

It's so easy to pick up Python and just start coding. Readable code really helps.

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A few years ago, I blogged that you should [code in a language you like](http://mikeseidle.com/blog-2/2011/08/program-in-a-language-you-like).

Six years later, I'm glad I followed that advice. It's so much easier to enjoy life when you enjoy work... mainly because for at least 40 hours a week, life *is* work.

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I love where [meteor](http://meteor.com) is headed. There are now a ton of really good open source apps that can quickly be deployed to container hosts like Amazon, Modulus and Heroku. It's starting to feel a lot like something is emerging that could replace the LAMP stack... and it's high time that happened.