HackerTube / Video
Ryan Dahl: Node JS
JSConf
Ryan Dahl's JSConf EU talk introducing Node.js to the world. He explains the motivation for event-driven, non-blocking I/O, with JavaScript chosen mainly for its asynchronous nature.
Cited as the primary source for why Node exists and why JavaScript was chosen, in debates about async models and language choice.
3 Hacker News mentions · 2023–2024