Goodbye Dark, Inc. – Welcome Darklang, Inc
a year ago
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- Dark Inc, the company behind Darklang, has run out of money and sold its assets to a new company, Darklang Inc, founded by former employees.
- Darklang Inc plans to open-source Darklang, making it versatile to run anywhere, unlike its previous proprietary cloud-based model.
- Dark Inc's initial vision of a 'deployless' language didn't achieve expected growth, partly due to financial mismanagement and the rise of AI coding tools like ChatGPT.
- The emergence of LLMs highlighted new challenges in code safety, where Darklang's immutability feature became a potential solution for secure code execution.
- Dark Inc's inability to adapt quickly to the changing tech landscape led to its shutdown, with assets sold to employees to ensure continuity.
- The founder personally invested in Darklang Inc to support its future, believing in the language's potential and its ethical values.
- The founder has shifted focus to Tech for Palestine, advocating for ethical tech practices amidst industry challenges.