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by forty 1448 days ago
100% this. Being compatible with nodejs API makes it possibly useful, unlike some other projects which want to throw away the huge npm ecosystem. Why on earth would anyone use JS (or even TS) server side if not to benefit from the ecosystem? Unlike on the web, there are plenty of better languages to use if you don't want npm.
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stevage 1448 days ago
For me and possibly other full stack devs, because I don't want to stay current in two different languages. Using python and JavaScript sucked. Switching to Node and JS was much better.
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Aeolun 1448 days ago
> Switching to Node and JS was much better.

Though now you have to stay current in two different runtimes which are subtly different.

Easier, but still a PITA.

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