Javascript Monopoly ✦ Verified

Fast forward to today. The web is ostensibly more open than ever. Yet, if you look under the hood, a quiet consolidation has occurred. Not by a single company, but by a single language: .

The JavaScript monopoly is comfortable. It pays the bills. But as we move into an era of AI agents, edge computing, and immersive 3D web experiences, we must ask ourselves: Are we using JavaScript because it is the best tool, or simply because we forgot we had a choice? javascript monopoly

But history teaches us that monocultures, however efficient, are brittle. The Irish potato famine, the collapse of a standard oil trust, and the fall of Internet Explorer all remind us that diversity is resilience. Fast forward to today