I'm not surprised, I don't think it has anything to do with AI, it's the same in blockchain and prob in all other fields.
I think ppl underestimate the cost of context switch between languages, even if you're really proficient in more than one.
If you're a team with 1-2 eng and have to build a frontend, you are forced to use js/ts. Now, if you can keep everything in a monorepo in the same language, you're simply moving faster. And I'm sure people will criticize and bring counter examples... but statistically 60-70% of the teams will just be faster working this way.
My first startup was frontend php, backend python, 2 eng; soon we specialized one working on frontend, the other on backend, it's tedious to context switch. My last startup was typescript for everything, again 2 eng, same code base, same coding style, both iterating on all code. (And daily I work in rust & C, I'm definitely not a frontend eng nor a js/ts enthusiast, I'm just reflecting on efficiency.)
The agent layer is a kind of client and since typescript thanks to node and the browser has become a universal language for client sides, whether the client is used by a human or used agent to agent.
> - Also, as Sam points out, full-stack devs can ship quickly using TS for both backend and frontend.
Typescript (which is still "Javascript") is extremely immature for a "backend" language.
I can't take anyone seriously if they believe or use such a pseudo-typed language like typescript and especially a weakly typed language with dynamic types on a costly runtime such as Javascript on the backend.
Both of them should stay far away from anything backend.
There is value in fast iteration and delivery. These are early stage startups, the clock is ticking. I wouldn’t do it with JS but I understand why it would be used.
Now we can argue how good or bad the nodejs (or any alternative JS implementation) is. At the end of the day the objective is most likely to rock the boat enough to be acquired and have a payday. With enough discipline you can get far before the footguns show up.
I'm not surprised, I don't think it has anything to do with AI, it's the same in blockchain and prob in all other fields.
I think ppl underestimate the cost of context switch between languages, even if you're really proficient in more than one.
If you're a team with 1-2 eng and have to build a frontend, you are forced to use js/ts. Now, if you can keep everything in a monorepo in the same language, you're simply moving faster. And I'm sure people will criticize and bring counter examples... but statistically 60-70% of the teams will just be faster working this way.
My first startup was frontend php, backend python, 2 eng; soon we specialized one working on frontend, the other on backend, it's tedious to context switch. My last startup was typescript for everything, again 2 eng, same code base, same coding style, both iterating on all code. (And daily I work in rust & C, I'm definitely not a frontend eng nor a js/ts enthusiast, I'm just reflecting on efficiency.)
Makes sense - for front-end there's really no alternative. For back-end node.js is more than fast enough for pretty much any startup.
The agent layer is a kind of client and since typescript thanks to node and the browser has become a universal language for client sides, whether the client is used by a human or used agent to agent.
This is interesting, TBH the Ease of using FE & BE in Typescript is the reason I think. I'm also using TS for that.
much more easier to built UI
> - Also, as Sam points out, full-stack devs can ship quickly using TS for both backend and frontend.
Typescript (which is still "Javascript") is extremely immature for a "backend" language.
I can't take anyone seriously if they believe or use such a pseudo-typed language like typescript and especially a weakly typed language with dynamic types on a costly runtime such as Javascript on the backend.
Both of them should stay far away from anything backend.
There is value in fast iteration and delivery. These are early stage startups, the clock is ticking. I wouldn’t do it with JS but I understand why it would be used.
Now we can argue how good or bad the nodejs (or any alternative JS implementation) is. At the end of the day the objective is most likely to rock the boat enough to be acquired and have a payday. With enough discipline you can get far before the footguns show up.