AI Language Choices

Not every programming language works well with AI tools. As a Python developer, I'm spoiled by there being lots of Python that the models have been trained on (and the model trainers also using Python). I would be at a similar advantage if I was using Javascript.

I expect this will eventually destroy a lot of languages, based on how visible they are on the web today. It would be foolish to start a new project on something that an LLM wasn't going to be good at, much the same as you would avoid older languages because of how hard they are to hire for.

The migration of developers from one language to another is usually quite slow. For example, I'm sure lots of Perl developers switch to alternatives every year, but if you already have a project in that language, that keeps interest in the language alive.

But if the alternatives now have both a broader ecosystem and are 10-20x faster to develop for because they’re LLM preferred - that flywheel is going to drive a lot of companies away from legacy technology.