In Memory of Deno

Deno, a user-friendly JavaScript runtime known for its simplicity and security features, has been acquired by Cloudflare and will be shut down over the next year. The author, who built a business on Deno that served tens of thousands of users, reflects on the platform's appeal and attributes its demise to an unsustainable venture capital business model, though notes that migration to alternatives like Node or Bun is relatively straightforward.