Evolving programming languages in the AI era
José Valim explores how programming languages and their communities may evolve as AI agents increasingly write code. He argues that while agents might reduce the cost of building ecosystems, they could simultaneously weaken the collaborative incentives that traditionally drive them. Additionally, he suggests that syntactic ergonomics become less critical for agents, who view code primarily as tokens rather than human-readable structures.
- ▪Valim posits that coding agents may shrink the gap between programming language ecosystems by making it cheaper to port implementations and build frameworks.
- ▪The author argues that if agents write most code, traditional community bonds based on shared coding sensibilities may need to be redefined.
- ▪Syntactic improvements like optional chaining are less significant for AI agents, who are not bothered by boilerplate and focus on token efficiency.
- ▪Valim rejects the idea that agents will replace compilers with direct assembly, noting the need for architecture-independent representations in software development.
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Evolving programming languages in the AI era José Valim September 24th, 2026 AI , runtime , guarantees This post is a collection of short ramblings on how programming languages may evolve in the AI era. It is split into two parts: Reflections and Agentic tooling. The first raises questions about what happens to programming languages, their ecosystems, and their communities when humans are no longer writing most of the code. The second is more concrete and opinionated: how our tools should improve now that coding agents have become users of our languages. My opinions on these topics will probably change, but this is a reasonable digest of what’s been on my mind lately. Reflections This section explores how programming languages and their communities change if agents write most of our code.
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