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10 Things I Regret About Node.js - Ryan Dahl - JSConf EU

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What it is

Node.js creator Ryan Dahl discusses ten design mistakes he made in Node, including package.json, npm, and module resolution. The talk sets out the motivations behind his later project, Deno.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN treats it as the classic talk on why Deno exists and on lessons from design mistakes in a widely used platform.

  • 6 people recommended it
  • 4 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2018, last 2025

What HN commenters said

  1. “Ryan Dahl's great talk on design mistakes he made with node.js is something I think about all the time”

    Great talk on design mistakes in Node.

    bin_bash, 2023-01 · Strong recommendation · in “Breaking the Snake: How Python went from 2 to 3”

  2. “He had a great talk [2] about the lessons he learned when creating/maintaining NodeJS.”

    Lessons from creating Node that are applied in Deno.

    azemetre, 2020-06 · Recommendation · in “Design Doc: Use JavaScript instead of TypeScript for internal Deno Code”

  3. “this nice talk about the regretful mistakes done in Node”

    Nice talk on regretful Node mistakes.

    j1elo, 2020-06 · Recommendation · in “Deno will stop using TypeScript”

  4. “Here's the classic video on the topic”

    Classic talk on why Deno exists.

    kybernetikos, 2020-06 · Recommendation · in “Deno will stop using TypeScript”

  5. “For the reasons on why creating Deno I recommend "10 Things I Regret About Node" by Deno's author”

    Explains the reasons behind creating Deno.

    bartlomieju, 2020-12 · Recommendation · in “Deno 1.6 supports compiling TypeScript to a single executable”

  6. “Recommended "literature": 1. 10 Things I Regret About Node.js - Ryan Dahl - JSConf EU”

    Listed as recommended literature.

    onetom, 2021-02 · Recommendation · in “Choose Boring Technology (2015)”

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Topics: node.js, deno, npm, module system, ryan dahl, javascript

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