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How AI coding tools are contributing to the popularity of JavaScript
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TypeScript became GitHub's most-used language in August 2025, rising 66% year-over-year to 2.64 million monthly contributors — the largest ranking shift in a decade. AI coding tools are driving this, as models trained predominantly on JavaScript and TypeScript produce far more reliable output in those languages. Type systems also help catch common errors in AI-generated code. However, the bottleneck has shifted from writing code to reviewing it, and concentration around one language family carries its own risks.