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For Developers Only: Why Everyone Is Using TypeScript Now

You’ve probably seen the discourse — the doom-scrolling debates about whether AI has made programming obsolete. The “vibe coding” trend where people spin up apps in an evening with AI assistance has everyone from tech bros to your aunt asking: Do we even need to learn programming languages anymore? At Codecademy, we’ve been on our soapbox saying that AI won’t kill programming since ChatGPT burst on the scene in 2022. Even with sophisticated AI assistants and the best vibes, understanding code is how you direct AI tools, validate their output, and shape the systems that matter in your field. Which…