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The TIOBE index is based on search queries. I stopped relying on it years ago, and I imagine this will become less and less relevant over the coming years. htt

• rhdunn 2y ago
  I agree. It would be useful to include additional metrics on things like new/active projects/number of commits/etc. that give a better idea/representation of how active a programming language is. Search queries will only really reflect news around a language, such as an AI paper, Ladybird announcing it is adopting Swift, a language conference (like Google's I/O conferences referencing Kotlin), etc.
• evilduck 2y ago
  High or rising TIOBE ranking might as well be viewed as a warning sign, like “why are people struggling with this language so much?” Especially with AI tools integrated into IDEs and able to usually get you over small hiccups with syntax or explaining a language concept interactively and with RAG on the language and framework docs, personally searching through the SEO slop is increasingly a waste of time.