Rather than taking the logical focus on making money, it is wasting time on shuffling around code and being an architecture astronaut with the main focus on details rather than shipping.
One of the biggest errors one can make is still using Node.js and Javascript on the server in 2025.
I often wonder about a what-if, alternate history scenario where Java had been rolled out to the browser in a more thoughtful way. Poor sandboxing, the Netscape plugin paradigm and perhaps Sun's licensing needs vs. Microsoft's practices ruined it.
I see it being used since over 25 years for the Austrian national broadcaster. Based at least originally on rhino, so it's also mixed with the Java you love. Fail to see the big issue as it's working just fine for such a long time.
Cobalt was a mistake.
> Perhaps the technology that you are using is loaded with hundreds of foot-guns
"Modern features" in Node.js means nothing given the entire ecosystem and its language is extremely easy to shoot yourself in the foot.