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by Matthias247 3670 days ago
I just took at look at the linked repo and thought the same. I've tried the node on embedded devices recently and most likely would not go that route again. I would at least recommend to do it in Typescript. However I still think that a big bunch of JS with the usual amount of external dependencies can turn quite fast into an unmaintainable mess if you are not super careful.

Another thing that has to be considered is that that if an OEM then uses this SDK to build his own device his software will be open too (in the sense of extractable in code form, not by license). In my experience most device manufacturers won't be happy with that. But I don't know who Silklabs is dealing with and what their expectations are - so things might be different here.