I actually do quite like the overall idea of having a unified API at the language level that a (configurable) runtime can provide implementations for. Sure, in

I actually do quite like the overall idea of having a unified API at the language level that a (configurable) runtime can provide implementations for. Sure, in some cases an API might not be easy to abstract over due to underlying concerns, but in a lot of cases it does work. It does show a level of understanding by the language creator that they know how the language can and probably should be used - I like how KV defaults to SQLite locally and takes on new meaning in a hosted environment. I haven't seen, but as long as you can actually override the behavior to use your own KV/queue technology (so long as it satisfies the interface) I see absolutely no issue with this. There is a huge benefit where the code always looks the same for common things we all need to do. I wouldn't mind seeing other languages take an overall stab at this so there is some choice other than JavaScript.