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This whole JavaScript "revolution" seems surreal to me. I still can't believe they snuck JavaScript onto the backend.

Edit: Angry is a better word.

'Angry' will be me once they start publishing metrics on how optimized JS (or what, webASM or something?) beats out native.

Oh, I'm sure it's being done already. At this point I'm just back in my comfort zone. Let them battle it out for a few more years, I can probably make my peace with whatever's left over or stay in my niche.

Out of curiosity, what is your niche?

Server-side JS has existed as long as JS itself. Netscape had something called LiveWire as part of their Enterprise Server in 1995.

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