Why Programming Languages Still Matter in the Age of AI: Ideas Over Syntax

rseroter · x · 2026-07-30

In the age of AI-assisted coding, a developer questions the relevance of learning programming languages. Eduardo Bellani argues that the true value lies in the deep ideas they embody, such as Rust's borrow checker, Haskell's typeclasses, and SQL's relational algebra, which shape how we think about computation and problem-solving, regardless of who writes the code.

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