@laurel @MK2boogaloo @Zerglingman @sysrq

> And this in turn put constraints on the language, and tied it to its tooling, because the tool assisted java dev was part of the Oracle business model.

Accurate, yeah. Google already has a vast army of mediocre coders.

> The modern javascript WebDev is a crucial part of the modern online monetization scheme.

Yeah, you build a very pretty potemkin village so that the VC gets an exit event when they are able to sell smoke and mirrors to Microsoft or Google to try to shove into people's faces until it flops (...Hey, remember Google Wave?) or Google can figure out how to make it evil (...Hey, remember Youtube?) or maybe sell to Facebook so that Facebook can shut it down.

> Their dream scenario is the equivalent of going from needing mechanical engineers to employing machine tool operators working in a mass production line.

Yeah, so they're very excited about "AI writing the code" and I can't wait for the other shoe to drop on that.