Re: Javascript
"Why did we ever allow this cr@p on our webpages in the first place."
Or in the back-end of a server, for that matter (i.e. Node.js).
JQuery and Node.js - the MALIGNANT TUMORS of 'Teh Intarwebs'.
There are better ways of doing these things. And they don't come with the *KINDS* of problems we see with client-side scripting (viruses, tracking, side-channel attacks, bitcoin mining) and server-side scripting with Node.js (single dependency update creating fail or malware on MANY servers at once).
Time for some CHEMO-THERAPY I say. Kill the tumor BEFORE IT GETS BIGGER.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
