Things I Regret About Node.js [video]

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Post by dazhbog » Wed, Jun 06, 2018, 1:53 PM UTC

Things I Regret About Node.js [video]
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Re: Things I Regret About Node.js [video]

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Post by dergachev » Wed, Jun 06, 2018, 2:38 PM UTC

I first read this as "Things I regret about Node.js by Roald Dahl" and was instantly intrigued!

Re: Things I Regret About Node.js [video]

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Post by genjipress » Wed, Jun 06, 2018, 2:44 PM UTC

dergachev wrote: post #2

I first read this as "Things I regret about Node.js by Roald Dahl" and was instantly intrigued!

"Things I Regret About Java," By Roald Dahl, author of "Charlie And The Class Factory"

Re: Things I Regret About Node.js [video]

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Post by mromanuk » Wed, Jun 06, 2018, 2:55 PM UTC

I was thinking, watching the video "Ryan should fork it, or start over"... until he revealed it: https://github.com/ry/deno :)

Re: Things I Regret About Node.js [video]

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Post by modzu » Wed, Jun 06, 2018, 2:56 PM UTC

dergachev wrote: post #2

I first read this as "Things I regret about Node.js by Roald Dahl" and was instantly intrigued!

can somebody downvoting the comment above kindly explain why?

Re: Things I Regret About Node.js [video]

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Post by amelius » Wed, Jun 06, 2018, 2:59 PM UTC

TL;DR, from quickly browsing through it:

He mostly regrets the way Promises work (edit: that the async programming APIs don't work with them), security/sandboxing, and the module system.

Then he introduces "Deno", a successor which is under construction and which will fix all these problems. It exposes a language based on TypeScript. Internally, some parts of Deno are written in GoLang.

Re: Things I Regret About Node.js [video]

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Post by bshimmin » Wed, Jun 06, 2018, 3:02 PM UTC

modzu wrote: post #5

dergachev wrote: post #2

I first read this as "Things I regret about Node.js by Roald Dahl" and was instantly intrigued!

can somebody downvoting the comment above kindly explain why?

One-line jokes are generally not well-received on HN unless they are so exceptionally amusing and original that they are beyond reproach. The standard rationale for this - which can make HN seem very dry and humourless at times - is that people want to avoid HN becoming like Reddit.

Re: Things I Regret About Node.js [video]

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Post by jacquesm » Wed, Jun 06, 2018, 3:02 PM UTC

genjipress wrote: post #3

dergachev wrote: post #2

I first read this as "Things I regret about Node.js by Roald Dahl" and was instantly intrigued!

"Things I Regret About Java," By Roald Dahl, author of "Charlie And The Class Factory"

"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Factory"

Re: Things I Regret About Node.js [video]

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Post by sdfsdfdsfgs » Wed, Jun 06, 2018, 3:03 PM UTC

modzu wrote: post #5

dergachev wrote: post #2

I first read this as "Things I regret about Node.js by Roald Dahl" and was instantly intrigued!

can somebody downvoting the comment above kindly explain why?

Hackers don't like fun. They are serious and important people.

Re: Things I Regret About Node.js [video]

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Post by emehrkay » Wed, Jun 06, 2018, 3:04 PM UTC

Interesting that he had promises in node that early. Maybe if he kept them, the community wouldn’t had standardized on two space indents

Edit: so two space indents weren’t a consequence of “callback hell” ?