Why Python: The Cost and Compensation of Language Choice for Coding Agents
None of the five mature coding agents use Python — pi/opencode/claude-code run on TypeScript, codex rewrote TS into Rust, omp bolted ~80k lines of Rust native crates onto its hot path. rivumi still chose Python; the costs are startup performance and packaging, compensated by lazy imports, uv, and Cloudflare Sandbox.