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Generated code rewrites language rankings

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GitHub reported TypeScript surpassing Python and JavaScript as its most-used language for the first time, as AI code generation rewires developer preferences, while a developer got FreeBSD WiFi working on an old MacBook by asking a model to write the driver.

Reporting date: 2026-02-24 (not necessarily the event date)

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Generated code rewrites language rankings
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Reporting date: 2026-02-24
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-02-24-typescript-passes-python
Claim: GitHub reported TypeScript surpassing Python and JavaScript as its most-used language for the first time, as AI code generation rewires developer preferences, while a developer got FreeBSD WiFi working on an old MacBook by asking a model to write the driver.
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- Welcome to February 24, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-february-24-2026
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