With the increasing demand for performance and concurrency, more and more high-quality JavaScript / TypeScript projects are being rewritten in Rust or Go.
To me, that feels like a betrayal.
My faith and commitment belong to the JavaScript / TypeScript ecosystem and community. Learning other languages is not difficult for me, but I still choose to invest my energy in JS/TS: squeezing out performance, exploring concurrency, and pushing the ecosystem further.
Yes, most JavaScript engines are implemented in C++. As JS/TS developers, we may not all work directly on their core. But we are not powerless: through feedback, proposals, benchmarks, and practice, we can still make our voices and contributions count.
So, JavaScript/TypeScript developers: I know you're out there. Wherever you are, I want to hear more from you — your voices, feedback, proposals, and suggestions. Let's push it further together.
I stay not because I cannot leave, but because I believe JavaScript / TypeScript is still worth building on.