The Programming Language Death Spiral - How Small Languages Die in the Age of AI

In this video we explore the programming language death spiral - why it affects small languages, how the rise of AI impacts it, and some ways to fix it.

Original blog post with all links and images: https://hamy.xyz/blog/2025-12_programming-language-death-spiral

Chapters

00:00 - Intro
00:30 - Big Languages have a virtuous cycle
02:55 - Small languages have a vicious death spiral
07:55 - AI amplifies these adoption cycles
14:35 - There's still hope for small languages

Links:

- If AI can code, what will Software Engineers do? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0pxiC_WfT4
- Stop Vibe Coding, Start Power Coding - How To Write Quality Software Faster With Agentic AI - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akiymB1PyjY
- How I Actually Code with AI as a Senior Software Engineer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe64DwfiRBY

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