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Discussion on: Here's Actually Why Deno Flopped

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Dor Shinar • Edited

Dude, Deno exists for two years. It has a long way to go before being remotely mainstream. Don't judge it too soon. Do you remember where Node has been in 2011? Or React in 2015?
If you thought releasing v1 would make it explode - you are wrong. It's a small step in the right direction. Having played with it for a very small personal project, it is still far from production ready. But as more people rally around this technology, it will become more and more viable in large scale.
Dropping NPM was a design decision, and only the future will tell if it was the right decision. NPM suffers from a lot of issues in itself, and Deno takes an interesting new approach to solve those issues.
Lastly, even if Deno will never take off (although I personally hope it does), it shows us that there is another way, and that's always a good thing.