For me, the browser has way more baggage as a runtime than Java ever could. I've only ever found working on top of the JVM a massive boon, and I don't feel at a

For me, the browser has way more baggage as a runtime than Java ever could. I've only ever found working on top of the JVM a massive boon, and I don't feel at any point I've had to have a deep understanding of different garbage collectors etc. The most complicated thing I've ever needed to do is increase the maximum heap size. In exchange for that I get access to an enormous ecosystem of industrial strength code for free.