[folkrav]

> You don't need Jest. You can use buld-in test runner since Node 19.0 (https://nodejs.org/api/test.html)

v19 was released 5 days ago. Barely had time to register this was a thing, let alone migrating our 3500+ unit test+ 300 integration test suite lol

> 1/ You do not need to use https / https module directly. You can use Fetch API since Node 17.5 ( https://nodejs.org/api/globals.html#fetch ). > 2/ You do not need an external CLI parser. You can use build-in CLI parser since Node v18.3 ( https://nodejs.org/api/util.html#utilparseargsconfig )

Lots of production environments tend to sit on latest LTS. v18 _just_ hit LTS, up to last month it was v16. Those weren't really an option for all these projects until then.

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Yes, my library absolutely has to support the LTS version of Node, and I run the tests against all supported versions to ensure compatibility. So, one day I can use the nice things people are mentioning, but it will be years from now.