LIVE from Node + JS Interactive

KBall, Nick, and Suz MC’d a live show at Node + JS Interactive in Vancouver with Tierney Cyren (Node Foundation) and Dave Methvin (JS Foundation) to discuss the proposed merger between the JS Foundation and the Node Foundation. What’s happening with the merger? What does this merger mean for everyday JavaScript developers and the ecosystem?

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Featuring:

• Tierney Cyren – Twitter, GitHub, Website
• Dave Methvin – Twitter, GitHub, Website
• Kevin Ball – Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, Website
• Suz Hinton – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub
• Nick Nisi – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, Website

Show Notes:

• JS Foundation
• Node Foundation
• Node Foundation & JS Foundation Merger Announcement
• TC39
• JS Foundation Contributor License Agreement

History of conflict on Node side

• The Node.js world is imploding
• The Current State of Implementation and Planning for ESModules

Other References

• graceful-fs
• Workers in Node
• node-serialport
• nodebots
• require.js (AMD loader)
• Node TSC
• Node CommComm
• Sarah Novotny
• Todd Moore
• What is a BDFL

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