NASM

I learned Assembly for targeting security vulnerabilites and reverse-engineering C programs by disassembling the executables. I experienced x86 syntax on my desktop and AMD on my laptop. Disassembling C programs accelerated my learning process by knowing how simple statements are represented in instructions that are executed on the CPU.

C

C is the language that helped me the most to improve the ability to solve complex problems at the lowest level. I use pure C at work and also for personal projects. It also helped me to learn to write safe programs and understand how higher level languages work under the hood.

The reason why I am trying to avoid C++ is that I cannot look at a line of code and tell how the assembly will look-like after the compilation due to its poor readability and unpredictableness.

Rust

When it comes to memory-safe programs on a system level I have explored Rust. I enjoy its sophistication and abilities that the language gives me. I take advantage of it for programs with async calls, complex structure behavior or string manipulation.

For server-side apps I experienced Axum framework and for async run-time I always go with Tokio.

Go

Golang is the language in which I write my graduation project that is focused on a network protocol. Firstly I was pretty sceptical about its design, but as I experience it more I find some really good things about the language that I think I missed. And I am looking forward with the language for my next project ideas.

Kotlin

At school we learn Java, but I prefer to develop its applications in Kotlin. I have this preference mainly for its null safety and functional patterns, because I am not a fan of OOP with forced inheritence. I experienced the language in a company while we had school practice and I gained a lot throughout the time.

TypeScript

I experienced TypeScript mainly from frameworks for web development including full-stack ones. For now I moved more to backend development, because as I found out more how JavaScript works under the hood I can't stand more developing with it. Althought I think TypeScript has a great idea I would develop with the language.

Bash

I found out knowing Bash very useful. It really helped with my development productivity for automation tools and to learn less known Linux commands that are very useful. I am looking forward to use Shell scripts in my next projects.

Python

I choose Python for scripts that require complex data representations, string manipulation or more programatic logic. The language is more useful than I firstly thought as I find out more how other languages relate to it. I am also looking forward to learn more about the LLMs and how the deep learning frameworks are implemented.

Lua

I got into Lua thanks to Neovim. Its speed and simplicity to learn makes it really stand out. I am looking to create custom plugins and LSPs for my Neovim editor to improve my development environment. It also gives me the ability to create scripts for embedding into own software.