I explore Steve Yegge’s predictions for the next dominant programming language. While he hints at corporate backing for a new standard, community speculation strongly points toward JavaScript 2 as the likely candidate for widespread industry adoption.
Steve Yegge at Google talks about the features of the Next Big Language. He apparantly has inside information about the language corporates are likely to make a big push for. The comments seem to suggest Javascript 2.
Jeff Duntemann argues that the root cause of widespread security vulnerabilities is the inherent memory-unsafety of C and C++ rather than Microsoft’s software. He suggests migrating to safer programming languages to fundamentally improve system security.
I recommend Paul Graham’s essay on picking a programming language, which argues that using powerful, unconventional tools like Lisp gives startups a significant competitive advantage over competitors stuck with mainstream technologies.
I discovered new CLI tools like fselect and xxh, explored modern HTML attributes for mobile UX, and reviewed books on neuroscience and oncology. I also learned about Anthropic's custom skills and European day-fine systems.
I explored OpenAI's custom tool types for DSL generation, new Node.js 2025 features like single-executable bundling, and Markdown directive syntax. I also shared my Claude Code usage costs and thoughts on vibe coding.
I built a minimalist dashboard for InfyBLOGS following Tufte's design principles. I used a jQuery bookmarklet to scrape intranet data via IFRAMEs and visualized trends with Google Charts and sparklines, focusing on a high data-ink ratio.