Friendship ended with Deno, now Node is my best friend

October 5, 2026 · David Bushell

URL: https://dbushell.com/2026/10/03/deno-to-node/

“Deno went from an innovative modern JavaScript runtime to a boring start-up with uncompelling products.”

Broken ZSH integration for weeks. Rate limits on JSR. HTTP concurrency bugs. Deno launched as the fix for Node’s mistakes, then the company chased start-up products while Node kept shipping fixes.