The forgotten developer who saved JavaScript...
Jeremy Ashkenas's underscore.js helped transform JavaScript into a respected language.
“But unlike everyone else who had JavaScript Stockholm syndrome, Jeremy had the audacity to think he could fix it.”
A Fireship retrospective credits developer Jeremy Ashkenas and his underscore.js utility library with helping JavaScript evolve from a widely-mocked language into one of the world's most popular. The content is web development history with no meaningful AI industry signal.