Ask HN: What's an engaging, interesting framework/tool/topic to learn?

[Liquix]

Good morning HN! I am searching for new topcis which are both fun to learn about and have practical applications. Current areas of i interested are x86 ASM, graphics programming, low-level optimization/unerstanding, physics, databases, and creating web applications.

What language/framework/tool/process/idea have you learned that really grabbed your attention and made you excited for its real world applications? Thanks!

[ThatHNGuy]

C++, computer vision, machine learning, CUDA

[Skipper210]

Python programming language. Data Analytics is king in the business (and apparently political) world.