Why are people still writing server-side code in Javascript? It was a cute idea a decade ago. But now you have to twist yourself into knots to prevent a ton of

Why are people still writing server-side code in Javascript? It was a cute idea a decade ago. But now you have to twist yourself into knots to prevent a ton of problems. Nobody will use C today because "memory safety", but everybody will use Node.js despite the dependencies being both a security and usability nightmare. Imagine if I suggested using Bashscript for a web application backend.