My personal theory is that they're trying to improve the JS engine in Electron so they can improve VSCode. The VSCode people have posted some performance compla

My personal theory is that they're trying to improve the JS engine in Electron so they can improve VSCode. The VSCode people have posted some performance complaints in the past. I would assume this would benefit desktop JS most, so it'd undoubtedly help Electron apps. EDIT : There's a better explanation at https://github.com/Microsoft/napajs/wiki/Why-Napa.js https://github.com/Microsoft/napajs/wiki/Why-Napa.js