I wrote about Deno's decline a few months ago: I wish Deno would keep doing what it does best. I shared its vision, but I think it never got far because a startup was the one carrying it out. This decision makes me more sure of that.
It also settles something for me. From now on I won't trust a development platform built by a startup, however good the vision. Too risky, too easy to get betrayed.
What I'd rather see is people with strong ideas about development platforms letting go of the impatience and building them as community-driven F/OSS projects instead. Funding is the obstacle, of course. I hope good F/OSS funds like NLnet and the Sovereign Tech Fund keep expanding.
@hongminhee Deno lost big time to Bun.