Colin here, creator of Nub. I’ve had the general shape of this in mind for years. Nub runs your code with stock `node`, augmented with a `--require` preload hook[0] that adds a transpiler (oxc-powered, packaged as a Node-API add-on), registers a module resolution hook[1], and injects polyfills as needed for APIs like `Worker`, `Temporal`, etc. All purely additive, your code ultimately runs using Node’s actual engine & stdlib implementations.
Respect for embracing existing tech instead of rewriting a worse version of it. Wonder where we would be today if all alternative-building effort went to Node instead (with proper leadership).
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gorjusborg
Very smart. You can't lose all your customers for vibe-coding a migration to Rust if you are already written in Rust ;)
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ssalbdivad
Just merged a PR migrating our entire monorepo to nub.
I’m wondering how that works. Deno has very complicated import resolution, so building my own import resolver to be compatible with it is a bit of a pain. (This is for a custom lint-like tool.)
kandros
Love the idea, learning a lot of interesting things about node hooks by reading docs and some code
sgarrity
I didn't even click on the link. I just came to give the author a hat-tip on the project name. Well played.
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bookernath
Nice, I think this fills a niche. Does it work on cloudflare workers?
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montroser
Nice. Can we get `nub --compile` up in there like Bun has?
Colin here, creator of Nub. I’ve had the general shape of this in mind for years. Nub runs your code with stock `node`, augmented with a `--require` preload hook[0] that adds a transpiler (oxc-powered, packaged as a Node-API add-on), registers a module resolution hook[1], and injects polyfills as needed for APIs like `Worker`, `Temporal`, etc. All purely additive, your code ultimately runs using Node’s actual engine & stdlib implementations.
[0] https://nodejs.org/api/cli.html#-require-module
[1] https://nodejs.org/api/module.html#moduleregisterhooksoption...
Respect for embracing existing tech instead of rewriting a worse version of it. Wonder where we would be today if all alternative-building effort went to Node instead (with proper leadership).
Very smart. You can't lose all your customers for vibe-coding a migration to Rust if you are already written in Rust ;)
Just merged a PR migrating our entire monorepo to nub.
0 issues, ridiculously fast.
> TypeScript-friendly resolution: extensionless imports, tsconfig.json#paths
I’m wondering how that works. Deno has very complicated import resolution, so building my own import resolver to be compatible with it is a bit of a pain. (This is for a custom lint-like tool.)
Love the idea, learning a lot of interesting things about node hooks by reading docs and some code
I didn't even click on the link. I just came to give the author a hat-tip on the project name. Well played.
Nice, I think this fills a niche. Does it work on cloudflare workers?
Nice. Can we get `nub --compile` up in there like Bun has?
nice ! does this work on docker containers ?