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 share what I learned this week about extracting web pages with Trafilatura, exposing my laptop to ChatGPT, using voice mode as a tour guide, and easing LLM fatigue, plus corrections to six mistakes.
I learned useful CLI tools, why evals often land in the middle, how file-based context and modern HTML attributes improve products, plus notes from neuroscience and other books.
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.