# A kind of "two language problem" in Julia Ecosystem

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**Created:** [June 16, 2023, 11:56am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/a-kind-of-two-language-problem-in-julia-ecosystem/100445 "2023-06-16T11:56:25Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 16, 2023, 2:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/a-kind-of-two-language-problem-in-julia-ecosystem/100445/11 "2023-06-16T14:28:54Z")

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This notion of “unknown unknowns” resonates strongly with me, and not just on the level of syntax or optimization tricks. My main unknown unknown was the set of all tools that make package writing easier, which (for the most part) you can’t even discover by reading the code because they were used locally by the developers.  
I’m trying to address this here:

> [@\[Seeking feedback\] Blog post about "Modern Julia workflows"?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/seeking-feedback-blog-post-about-modern-julia-workflows/100324):
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> Hi everyone, After watching a [nice video](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/video-how-to-reduce-julias-latency/100298) by @jacobusmmsmit yesterday, I sat down and thought about all the lore that experienced Julia users keep in their heads. How to write and share code properly, which packages to use and when, etc. This accumulated knowledge makes our development experience very pleasant, but it is long to acquire and beginners don’t always know where to look. The official documentation is only part of the story: best practices involve a flurry of external packages, whic…

Reading this discourse is a great way to keep discovering by the way, it is full of extremely knowledgeable people giving answers to questions you never even knew you had. So keep up the good work!

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