The list of Node.js 21 improvements includes, among others, an update of the V8 JavaScript engine to 11.8, stable WebStreams, a new experimental flag to flip module defaults ...

Node.JS had that ability for a while before it was incorporated in JavaScript with a feature called ‘modules.’ Eventually, they made it to the language itself and the browsers.

nvm, i think i figured it out! just had to debug a teeny tiny bit more. use import type { ... } from "kysely"; to import types in nodejs with type stripping. more info closing it now. sorgy Milk-Cool ...

Currently, modules must be recompiled to work with new versions of Node.js and the JavaScript engine, which traditionally has been Google’s V8 engine.

The modules in Node.js provide a simple and easy to use API that can be used for File I/O, Networking (using HTTP, TCP, UDP, etc protocols), extend the Node.js library and implement Cryptography ...