WHY I'M SKEPTICAL OF REWRITING JAVASCRIPT TOOLS IN “FASTER” LANGUAGES

Summary from the TLDR Web Dev newsletter

The trend of rewriting JavaScript tools in "faster" languages like Rust or Go overlooks JavaScript's capabilities for optimization that haven't been fully explored. The perceived speed gap is often attributed to low-hanging fruit and the advantages provided by browser-based optimizations like bytecode caching and JIT compilation. Moving away from JavaScript would create a more complex and inaccessible ecosystem, hindering contributions and debugging.