Web Dev · by Youssef Mahmoud · 2026-10-16

Thank you, Deno: competition keeps JavaScript moving

Node, Deno, Bun all pushed each other: native TS, fetch, test runners, permissions. Even if you never use Deno, you benefit. What did you actually adopt because of the competition?

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Lena Müller · 0 likes

node --test and built in watch mode, I dropped jest on small projects

Priya Nair · 0 likes

native fetch was huge, no more node-fetch dependency

Amina Okafor · 0 likes

I use bun for scripts only, prod stays node. boring is good

Maya Williams · 0 likes

deno permissions model is nice but nobody outside deno uses it

Sophie Gagnon · 0 likes

true, shame

Salma Idrissi · 0 likes

TS stripping in node now is the real win for me

Urban Noodle · 0 likes

npm install taking 3 min vs 10 sec, thank you bun

Budi Santoso · 0 likes

node_modules is still 900mb though

Kabir Khan · 0 likes

next year: another runtime, same left-pad