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For the uninitiated, worth noting that one of the names on this post, Ryan Dahl, was the original node.js developer.
by firloop 6y ago
For the uninitiated, worth noting that one of the names on this post, Ryan Dahl, was the original node.js developer.
- networkimprov 6y agoWho somehow still hasn't realized that backends written in Javascript don't scale very well. Automatic asynchronicity only buys you so much. I'm writing as a former Node.js user.
- javajosh 6y ago"Automatic asynchronicity[sic]"?! Node and all async io is cooperative multi-tasking, the opposite of automatic. The node event loop is a thin wrapper around the epoll() system-call (or one of its equivalents), and leaves the details of multi-tasking to the app developer. It's no wonder you weren't able to scale under node if you thought something was happening automatically for you!
- rubber_duck 6y agoMaybe he meant forced async as DOM/node blocking APIs are async/callback based since it's the only multitasking model available (or it was before workers)
- root_axis 6y agoWhy do you say this?
- ignoramous 6y agoAlso for the uninitiated, fly.io is migrating to deno for their Serverless functions: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22621926 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22621926
- mahmoudimus 6y agoPrecisely the use case that Deno should be used for. Serverless functions are a great use case for Deno right now.