Stop Writing Code Twice: Learn Polyglot Workflows

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🚀 Tired of Rewriting the Same Logic in Every Language?

If you're juggling between Python, JavaScript, Go, or even Bash in your projects, you've likely faced the pain of re-implementing the same logic in multiple languages — sometimes just to integrate a tool or automate a deployment.

This article teaches you how to build once, reuse anywhere using a combination of clever design, language-agnostic workflows, and tooling.

🧠 Why You Should Care

• Stop wasting time converting between scripts
• Focus on core logic, not language syntax
• Create dev tools that scale across your whole stack
• Learn how real-world polyglot systems (like AWS, GitHub Actions, Docker) are designed under the hood

🛠️ Tools & Tactics

1. Use Wasm for Cross-Language Logic

WebAssembly (Wasm) isn't just for browsers anymore.

• Write your core logic in Rust or TinyGo
• Compile to .wasm

• Import that logic in:

  • Python (wasmer, pyodide)
  • JavaScript (native Wasm support)
  • Node.js (via @wasmer/wasi)
  • Even shell scripts via CLI tools

Resources:

• wasmer.io
• Learn Rust + Wasm

2. Generate Code in Multiple Languages Automatically

Use Jinja2 templating to create boilerplate logic in multiple languages from one template.

Example:

A function spec like this:

name: calculate_tax
inputs:
  - name: price
    type: float
  - name: tax_rate
    type: float

Can auto-generate:

• calculate_tax.py
• calculate_tax.js
• calculate_tax.go

Tools to try:

• copier
• Custom CLI using Click + Jinja2 in Python

3. Use json/yaml as the Common Language

Design your functions to ingest JSON/YAML, and you can reuse them across:

• Python (via json or pyyaml)
• Bash (via jq, yq)
• JavaScript (via JSON.parse)
• Go (via encoding/json)

📦 Your code doesn't need to be the same — just the interface.

4. Turn Scripts into APIs Automatically

Use tools like:

• fastapi (Python)
• func (Turns shell scripts into HTTP endpoints)
• deno for TypeScript API servers

Bundle your polyglot tools as local or cloud APIs. No need to rewire the logic for every language!

5. Bonus: Use nix to Package Everything Cross-Platform

Tired of packaging pain? Use Nix to build language-agnostic environments for all your tools.

Learn more:

• Zero to Nix
• Nix Pills

📚 Real-World Example: A Polyglot Calculator CLI

Goal: Write one tax calculator logic in Go, export to Wasm, and use it in Python + JS + Bash without re-writing.

Steps:

1. Write logic in Go
2. Compile to .wasm using tinygo
3. Wrap in language-specific interfaces:

• Python: use wasmer
• JS: import Wasm as module
• Bash: call via CLI wrapper

🔁 One logic, infinite uses.

🔥 TL;DR

🥳 Emojis to Lighten the Mood

🤯 Writing code 3 times for 3 languages
😵 Forgetting how your Bash script worked
😤 Realizing your JS function has a bug that Python didn’t
🧙‍♂️ Discovering Wasm + APIs solve everything
🧰 Building tools smarter, not harder
🚀 Shipping like a 10x engineer (even if you're solo)

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