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The NPM thing is a huuuuge deal. This has been by far the biggest thing holding Deno back, but it was tough because one of Deno's most exciting benefits was sta
by brundolf 4y ago
The NPM thing is a huuuuge deal. This has been by far the biggest thing holding Deno back, but it was tough because one of Deno's most exciting benefits was standardizing the module system and ditching NPM. It looks like they may have found a best-of-both-worlds solution for shoehorning NPM's massive ecosystem into Deno while it's still building out its own. Big changes indeed.
That, and the emphasis on speed (esp quotes like "We aren't optimizing for a handful of edge cases, but for overall real world performance") makes me wonder if Bun is lighting a fire under them a bit. It's still a long way from catching up, but it's been closing the gap at a blistering pace and getting enormous amounts of hype. The more competition the better.
Exciting times