Never mistake motion for action.

An eco system moving too quickly, when it isn't being fundamentally changed, isn't a sign of a healthy ecosystem, but of a pathological one.

No one can think that js has progressed substantially in the last three years, yet trying to build any project three years old without updates is so hard a rewrite is a reasonable solution.

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gr4vityWall 6 hours ago | parent [-]

> No one can think that js has progressed substantially in the last three years

Are we talking about the language, or the wider ecosystem?

If the latter, I think a lot of people would disagree. Bun is about three years old.

Other significant changes are Node.js being able to run TypeScript files without any optional flags, or being able to use require on ES Modules. I see positive changes in the ecosystem in recent years.

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noosphr 4 hours ago | parent [-]

That is motion not action.

The point of javascript is to display websites in the browser.

Ask yourself, in the last three years has there been a substantial improvement in the way you access websites? Or have they gotten even slower, buggier and more annoying to deal with?

	▲	FridgeSeal 10 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		No but the devs can push slower, buggier, more annoying websites to prod, faster! And after all, isn’t developer velocity (and investor benefits) really the only things that matter??? /sssss