Sure but rather than scold people perhaps we should examine why they used JS instead of a compiled language. And why that’s changed now.
We know why js devs chose js already.
We also know some of them learned rust and used their new hammer to bang out better solutions. See OP :)
But it was possible to write C/C++ modules for Node very early on. So there were always multiple hammers available.
Sure but rather than scold people perhaps we should examine why they used JS instead of a compiled language. And why that’s changed now.