I became an accidental programming language enthusiast over the years. Went pretty deep into some niche territory. I've learned to ease off that. I'm a lot less passionate about new languages now, because I think many mainstream languages today have learned the lessons. Back in the day, things I actually cared about were NOT NULL, abstract data types, immutability vs. purity, and the like. Now the most popular choices, including Rust, TypeScript, Swift, and Kotlin, incorporate all of those…