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Why is Claude Code, a desktop tool, written in JS? Is the future of all software JS or Typescript?

• jsk2600 7mo ago
  Original author of Claude Code is expert on TypeScript [1] [1] https://www.amazon.com/Programming-TypeScript-Making-JavaScript-Applications/dp/1492037656 https://www.amazon.com/Programming-TypeScript-Making-JavaScr...
  • ghywertelling 7mo ago
    is that the reason why Anthropic acquired Bun, a javascript tooling company?
    • arthur-st 7mo ago
      Yes, that's essentially the only practical reason.
  • pipes 7mo ago
    He commented here about it (sort of) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21934336 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21934336 Thanks hackernewsbooks for sending me that!
• bigbezet 7mo ago
  It's not a desktop tool, it's a CLI tool. But a lot of desktop tools are written in JS because it's easy to create multi-platform applications.
• ivanjermakov 7mo ago
  Because it's the most popular programming language in the world?
• TiredOfLife 7mo ago
  I am happy you woke up from your 10 year coma.
• wanttosaythings 7mo ago
  LLMs are good in JS and Python which means everything from now on will be written in or ported to either of those two languages. So yeah, JS is the future of all software.
  • c0wb0yc0d3r 7mo ago
    This is a common take but language servers bridge the gap well. Language servers, however, are a pain on Claude code. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/15619 https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/15619
  • rvz 7mo ago
    Would have believed you if you have said that a day later.
• progx 7mo ago
  Anthropic acquired bun last year https://bun.com/blog/bun-joins-anthropic https://bun.com/blog/bun-joins-anthropic
• monkpit 7mo ago
  Alternatively: why not?