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Insight
Shlomo: Use plain JavaScript and JSX instead of TypeScript with LLMs
“There's one controversial take for me working with LLMs is don't use TypeScript. Use plain JavaScript. Use JSX. It's easier for models to write code this way.”
Maor Shlomo Jul 6, 2025 ▶ 1:11:45 Solo founder, $80M exit, 6 months: The Base44 bootstrapped startup success story | Maor Shlomo
Assertion Supported
Iyengar: Web Client-Side Analytics Drops 20% to 30% of Events
“Due to ad blockers and other unreliable things in the JavaScript world, you end up dropping 20 to 30% of your events.”
Vijay Iyengar Jan 26, 2023 ▶ 35:52 An inside look at Mixpanel’s product journey | Vijay Iyengar
Insight
Rauch: JavaScript and React are the universal lingua franca for web AI
“JavaScript is almost, in my mind has always been almost like the English of programming languages. It's a language that if you learn it, you reach billions of devices. So it's not a coincidence that when you ask ChatGPT or Anthropic or Gemini to build you a we…”
Guillermo Rauch Apr 13, 2025 ▶ 31:36 Everyone’s an engineer now: Inside v0’s mission to create 100 million builders | Guillermo Rauch
Opinion
Rauch: Minimum 100 million people aspire to build digital products
“For us, and the opportunity was if there is maybe five million React developers, which is the sort of the library engine that we use, and there's maybe twenty million JavaScript developers, how many product builders or people with aspirations of building produ…”
Guillermo Rauch Apr 13, 2025 ▶ 8:22 Everyone’s an engineer now: Inside v0’s mission to create 100 million builders | Guillermo Rauch
Insight
Developers prioritize deep ecosystem features over broad multi-language support
“A JavaScript developer just won't care if you support Golang or Rust, but will absolutely care if a key feature like automated package upgrades just isn't available for their ecosystem.”
Ben Williams Nov 6, 2022 ▶ 17:53 How Snyk built a product-led growth juggernaut | Ben Williams (VP of Product at Snyk)
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