New hosting trend: JavaScript containers

7 reasons hosts are embracing JS “containers”:

1. JS is more powerful than shell
2. JS is ubiquitous - Many know it
3. JS can be sandboxed (Deno, V8, etc).
4. JS APIs are proven, standardized
5. JS containers are light, start fast

1/x👇

6. Scripting languages are all similar in power. So might as well use JS, since it’s most popular.
7. A great fit for web apps since devs already know JS

Hosts embracing JavaScript containers:
- Cloudflare
- Netlify
- Vercel

More from Ryan Dahl: https://tinyclouds.org/javascript_containers

This just feels like the next phase of JavaScript eating the world.

JavaScript is so ubiquitous, that it's becoming the one language that can deliver everywhere.

✅Web
✅Mobile
✅Client
✅Server
✅Hosting
✅DevOps
✅Scripting
✅Embedded

What a list!

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