Node (specifically NPM packages based around cheap disk access and error-first-callback hubris) will have set us back by years, if only because it kept us from collectively demanding more from browsers.https://twitter.com/justinfagnani/status/1114246515092930560 …
I guess node programs hide the main thread responsiveness implications behind one-time startup and process pools?
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It's hidden behind an at worst 100ms wait which isn't really a possible trade off over the network. But the syntax could have been compatible even if the semantics not. Anyhow whatever I've said it many times now: terrible process, bad outcome, oh well onward.
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SSDs really saved node's bacon ;-)
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