Why I'm Writing Server-Side ES5 in 2026 (And Why It Beats Node.js for APIs)

If you tell a developer today that you are writing server-side JavaScript, they will immediately assume you are setting up Node.js, Deno, or Bun. They will picture package.json files, a massive node_modules folder, and a build pipeline just to get a simple API running. What if I told you I am deploying highly concurrent, database-driven JavaScript APIs on Linux without a single npm install ? I am doing this using AxonASP , a runtime built in GoLang that executes Classic ASP. But instead of stick