06-22-2026, 11:46 AM
Good timing on this thread - came across some data recently that puts things in perspective.
Stack Overflow's 2026 developer survey:
Personal update: I've been using Go more for backend stuff since my last post and it continues to impress. Deploy a single binary, memory usage is laughably low compared to JVM languages, and the tooling (gofmt, go vet, go test) is built-in and opinionated in the right ways. Only real complaint is the verbosity of error handling, but generics helped.
Anyone else shifted languages in the last year?
Stack Overflow's 2026 developer survey:
- JavaScript still most used overall (~64%)
- Python #2 for the 5th year running
- Rust most "admired" language again
- Kotlin steadily eating Android Java's share
- TypeScript now more used than plain JavaScript in new projects
Personal update: I've been using Go more for backend stuff since my last post and it continues to impress. Deploy a single binary, memory usage is laughably low compared to JVM languages, and the tooling (gofmt, go vet, go test) is built-in and opinionated in the right ways. Only real complaint is the verbosity of error handling, but generics helped.
Anyone else shifted languages in the last year?