After reading about various vulnerabilities which are the direct result of backwards JS language features - most recently prototype pollution - I’d be hesitant to use JS for writing scripts.
Maybe I’m just being paranoid.
Maybe I’m just being paranoid.
The node ecosystem is built around having third-party dependencies for everything, which makes it impossible to meaningfully vet the code you're running, and once a dependency gets hijacked, all its dependencies are screwed too.