I refuse to be part of the JavaScript madness

[idgserpro]

But try to put yourself on the outside and look at python

Well said @djay. We should look at these articles from js for example and try to not make the same mistakes. Take this topic as an example (we're not bashing anyone here, just try to change the perspective):

Not using bootstrap.py as default?

I started deleting bootstrap.py in all my buildouts. From my experience with current Plone 4.3 and 5.0 it is much more reliable this way. First unset setuptools and zc.buildout version pins in buildout.cfg: [versions] setuptools = zc.buildout = virtualenv . ./bin/pip install zc.buildout ./bin/buildout This works much better for me. Advantages from my point of view: no need to keep up to date with bootstrap.py (buildout breaks because of outdated version) python way, pip is these days the …

Trying to explain this topic to a complete Plone beginner isn't easy as well... I'm not saying about this bootstrap.py topic in specific, but we should be trying to remove moving parts, not introducing new ones.

But with all due respect...

I’m just going to move back to the backend. I just can’t handle these many changes and versions and editions and compilers and transpilers. The JavaScript community is insane if it thinks anyone can keep up with this.
-I hear you. You should try the Python community then.
Why?
-Ever heard of Python 3?

Even being inside Python community (we could be having a really biased opinion), Python 3 is far from the insanity that js has become. Nice joke nonetheless.