I’m also perplexed that deno isn’t more quickly becoming the defacto server side JS/TS runtime. It really feels like the grown-up version of node.

Node always felt immature compared to stuff like go or java. I still preferred it to go and java. But deno is like node without all the shitty parts. It’s just so simple and productive and has so much good stuff built in. Even building projects with npm packages is easier with deno than with node now.

Bun feels like a faster horse, I guess. I really can’t imagine going back to node/bun on purpose, if I have a choice