Definitely not, deno does typescript out of the box without pulling in a bunch of npm dependencies and tools. It also is taking more of a go or python/batterie

Definitely not, deno does typescript out of the box without pulling in a bunch of npm dependencies and tools. It also is taking more of a go or python/batteries included view of building out a proper standard library vs. relying on the community to provide it. And of course deno has a much stricter execution sandbox model where you have to opt in to explicit permissions like file system access. IMHO we'll probably see node get more and more deno-like over time.