# Anders Hejlsberg on Rewriting the TypeScript Compiler in Go

DevFeed: [Anders Hejlsberg on Rewriting the TypeScript Compiler in Go](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/creator-of-typescript-10x-faster-typescript-why-ai-won-t-replace-swes-anders-hejlsberg-18090.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.developing.dev/p/creator-of-typescript-10x-faster>)

Author: Ryan Peterman

Published: 2026-08-17T13:03:31Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [The Developing Dev](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-developing-dev.md>)

Topics: [TypeScript](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/typescript.md>), [Compiler](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/compiler.md>), [Go Language](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/go-language.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Software Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software-engineering.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [compiler](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/compiler.md>), [go](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/go.md>), [podcasts](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/podcasts.md>), [software-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-engineering.md>), [typescript](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/typescript.md>)

## AI overview

A podcast interview with Anders Hejlsberg discusses the decision to rewrite the TypeScript compiler in Go, the limited use of LLMs during the rewrite, and his views on AI's impact on software engineering.

## Source excerpt

It was interesting talking to Anders Hejlsberg, the creator of TypeScript and C#, about all the technical details behind rewriting the TypeScript compiler in Go.