← Back to context Comment by madeofpalk 8 days ago How much extra money do you think they would make if Claude Code wasn’t JavaScript? 5 comments madeofpalk Reply piker 8 days ago Right now? Zero.In 2 years? A well-engineered TUI could be the difference between the Blackberry and the iPhone for all we know. squidbeak 8 days ago Perhaps over those two years they'll reach the same conclusion and change the engineering? coldtea 8 days ago Perhaps by then it can be too little, too late, too? piker 8 days ago Perhaps. TurdF3rguson 8 days ago Claude is better at Javascript than those other languages though so maybe it would be worse in a better language.
piker 8 days ago Right now? Zero.In 2 years? A well-engineered TUI could be the difference between the Blackberry and the iPhone for all we know. squidbeak 8 days ago Perhaps over those two years they'll reach the same conclusion and change the engineering? coldtea 8 days ago Perhaps by then it can be too little, too late, too? piker 8 days ago Perhaps. TurdF3rguson 8 days ago Claude is better at Javascript than those other languages though so maybe it would be worse in a better language.
squidbeak 8 days ago Perhaps over those two years they'll reach the same conclusion and change the engineering? coldtea 8 days ago Perhaps by then it can be too little, too late, too? piker 8 days ago Perhaps.
TurdF3rguson 8 days ago Claude is better at Javascript than those other languages though so maybe it would be worse in a better language.
Right now? Zero.
In 2 years? A well-engineered TUI could be the difference between the Blackberry and the iPhone for all we know.
Perhaps over those two years they'll reach the same conclusion and change the engineering?
Perhaps by then it can be too little, too late, too?
Perhaps.
Claude is better at Javascript than those other languages though so maybe it would be worse in a better language.