> why not use Bun

I dislike being on the bleeding edge for things. NodeJS is the most supported in the JS ecosystem. I find it much better to just be on the "default" option for things. You know, choose boring technology.

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0x457 4 days ago | parent [-]

> You know, choose boring technology.

Is it a boring technology? I remember trying Node.js when it just came out, and I don't think all that much improved. Whole node.js always felt one step forward, two steps back. A lot of early design decisions still hurt it.

I would call it stagnated before I call it boring.

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crabmusket 4 days ago | parent [-]

If you are choosing from "all backend technologies", Node may or may not count as boring. It's certainly not as boring as Java.

If, for whatever reason, you need to run JS outside the browser, then Node seems the most boring of all the possible options. Certainly "rewriting all our JS code in Java" sounds a lot less boring.

	▲	0x457 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		Oh yeah, in that case it's for sure the most boring one.