How Did Node.js Come About?

3 points | by stmw 3 hours ago

2 comments

  • Borborygymus 7 minutes ago

    There was a talk about Node.js at Open Source Bridge in Portland in 2011 or 2012 (nice con). I was volunteering doing mic handling at that talk.

    I remember the speaker saying about how they had no idea about how to debug node programs. My personal reaction was that this was a fun little toy, but the idea of JS on the backend was utter madness. Little did I know what a monster it would become.

    For the record I still think JS on the backend (or anywhere else) is madness.

  • moritzwarhier 42 minutes ago

    I only know about Issac Schlueter, but this page is not scrollable on iOS Safari.

    After attempting a second and third time, I saw two intrusive overlay ads (newsletter etc).

    Dismissing them didn't help, yes, I have a content blocker, no, I doubt I should disable it.