Octoverse: A new developer joins GitHub every second, AI leads TypeScript to #1(github.blog)

3 pointsby rbanffyil y a 7 mois2 comments

Octoverse: A new developer joins GitHub every second, AI leads TypeScript to #1

https://github.blog/news-insights/octoverse/octoverse-a-new-developer-joins-github-every-second-as-ai-leads-typescript-to-1/

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resirosil y a 7 mois

"TypeScript is now the most used language on GitHub. In August 2025, TypeScript overtook both Python and JavaScript. Its rise illustrates how developers are shifting toward typed languages that make agent-assisted coding more reliable in production. It doesn’t hurt that nearly every major frontend framework now scaffolds with TypeScript by default. Even still, Python remains dominant for AI and data science workloads, while the JavaScript/TypeScript ecosystem still accounts for more overall activity than Python alone."

I am not sure I agree with the conclusion "developers are shifting toward typed languages that make agent-assisted coding more reliable in production". I see it more with fullstack development being democratized.

I am originally Python/BE/ML engineer. But I've built in the last years many Frontend, simply because AI coding enables so much.

That was not an option previously.

lalassuil y a 7 mois

> 180 million-plus developers now work and build on GitHub

I did not realise the market for devtools is this huge. That explains why Cursor succeeded so much. That's 2% of humanity, no?