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Posts like this demonstrate to me that JavaScript is the modern Perl. The gigantic, vibrant module ecosystem and ease of installing them* is what makes JavaScript/Node.js my default system for getting stuff done quickly.

(* = Well, it was easy, but I feel like this ESM business now means npm/yarn install doesn't Just Work™ in some cases.)

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I'm not entirely sure if this is meant sarcastically.

even if it is sarcastic, I still agree with them. I know it's cool to hate javascript but it's not going anywhere.

> I know it's cool to hate javascript but it's not going anywhere.

This does seem to align with it being a modern perl

I agree. Sure there are issues but basically node/js is my scripting language. It used to be python but I do so much more JS that I just end up doing everything I can there.

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