I've been seeing a massive shift where everyone is pushed toward Python for AI and Machine Learning, but then people struggle the second they need to build a high-performance GUI or an Android app. Does anyone else feel like we're losing the discipline of memory management and "real" programming by skipping languages like C++ or Java? I was arguing with a colleague today who says Python is the "end-all-be-all," but I think relying on it too much makes you a lazy dev who doesn't understand what's happening under the hood. What do you guys think? Is it better to start with the hard stuff to understand the fundamentals, or is that just "old school" gatekeeping at this point?