Node should just do like bun and support intermixing both. It was a mistake to force this schism -- untold hours of frustration and busywork for maintainers and developers with no hope of actually "completing" a mythical full transition to the new world.

And for what? In Node specifically, it's not as if esm actually solves any real problem! In the greater ecosystem, sure it has some benefits, but Node doesn't even have to choose. Just support both at once, like bun and build systems have for a while, and let's move on from this nonsense.