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JS on the backend was arguably an even bigger mistake when the JS ecosystem was less sophisticated. The levels of duct tape are dizzying. Although we might go b

JS on the backend was arguably an even bigger mistake when the JS ecosystem was less sophisticated. The levels of duct tape are dizzying. Although we might go back even further and ask if JS was also a mistake when it was added to the browser. I often wonder about a what-if, alternate history scenario where Java had been rolled out to the browser in a more thoughtful way. Poor sandboxing, the Netscape plugin paradigm and perhaps Sun's licensing needs vs. Microsoft's practices ruined it.

nedt 1y ago
> JS on the backend was arguably an even bigger mistake when the JS ecosystem was less sophisticated. I see it being used since over 25 years for the Austrian national broadcaster. Based at least originally on rhino, so it's also mixed with the Java you love. Fail to see the big issue as it's working just fine for such a long time.
- const_cast 1y ago
  There's also many successful multi-natioksl banks built off of Cobalt. Cobalt was a mistake.