Node's survey, Ry's regrets, Microsoft's GitHub (JS Party #29)

Big week! KBall, Nick, and JBall (nooch) dive deep in to the 2018 Node.js user survey results. What does it all mean?! They also review Ryan Dahl’s “10” regrets about Node and sound off on Microsoft’s assimilatio… err… acquisition of GitHub.

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Featuring:

• Kevin Ball – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, X
• Nick Nisi – Website, GitHub, Bluesky, Mastodon, X
• Jerod Santo – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

Show Notes:

• 2018 Node.js User Survey Report (web)
• 2018 Node.js User Survey Report (pdf)
• Third Annual Node.js User Survey Data Now Available
• 2018 Node.js User Survey Report Shows Continued Rapid Growth
• Node by Numbers 2017 — NodeSource
• 10 Things I Regret About Node.js - Ryan Dahl - JSConf EU 2018
• ry/deno: A secure TypeScript runtime on V8
• Spotlight #14: Our reactions to Microsoft buying GitHub

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