Does Static Typing Reduce AI's Bugs? I Had Claude Code Build the Same Git Clone Three Times Each in TypeScript and JavaScript
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"If an AI is writing your code, TypeScript is the safer choice." You hear it a lot, and I more or less believed it too. A type checker tells you what's wrong, so an AI should reach correct code more easily with one. But is that actually true? When an AI writes the code, does static typing (TypeScript) versus dynamic typing (JavaScript) really change how many bugs are left behind? This experiment was inspired by Yusuke Endoh's article here on DEV: Which Programming Language Is Best for