How Did Node.js Come About?

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Post by stmw » Tue, Jul 21, 2026, 4:21 PM UTC

How Did Node.js Come About?
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Re: How Did Node.js Come About?

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Post by moritzwarhier » Tue, Jul 21, 2026, 6:59 PM UTC

I only know about Issac Schlueter, but this page is not scrollable on iOS Safari.

After attempting a second and third time, I saw two intrusive overlay ads (newsletter etc).

Dismissing them didn't help, yes, I have a content blocker, no, I doubt I should disable it.

Re: How Did Node.js Come About?

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Post by Borborygymus » Tue, Jul 21, 2026, 7:35 PM UTC

There was a talk about Node.js at Open Source Bridge in Portland in 2011 or 2012 (nice con). I was volunteering doing mic handling at that talk.

I remember the speaker saying about how they had no idea about how to debug node programs. My personal reaction was that this was a fun little toy, but the idea of JS on the backend was utter madness. Little did I know what a monster it would become.

For the record I still think JS on the backend (or anywhere else) is madness.

Re: How Did Node.js Come About?

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Post by stmw » Tue, Jul 21, 2026, 8:27 PM UTC

moritzwarhier wrote: post #2

I only know about Issac Schlueter, but this page is not scrollable on iOS Safari. After attempting a second and third time, I saw two intrusive overlay ads (newsletter etc). Dismissing them didn't help, yes, I have a content blocker, no, I doubt I should disable it.

Sorry, that's annoying indeed - not my site..

Re: How Did Node.js Come About?

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Post by stmw » Tue, Jul 21, 2026, 8:29 PM UTC

Borborygymus wrote: post #3

There was a talk about Node.js at Open Source Bridge in Portland in 2011 or 2012 (nice con). I was volunteering doing mic handling at that talk. I remember the speaker saying about how they had no idea about how to debug node programs. My personal reaction was that this was a fun little toy, but the idea of JS on the backend was utter madness. Little did I know what a monster it would become. For the record I still t…

Indeed, it is often amazing to me to see what catches on and what doesn't. However, the concept of cooperative, event-based processing coupled with an existing and popular language is probably what was decisive wrt Node.js.

Re: How Did Node.js Come About?

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Post by gabrielsroka » Wed, Jul 22, 2026, 3:06 AM UTC

2022

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