Deno always felt like a "people pot", the kind of company whose sole (but unstated) purpose is to attract great engineers, which, not unlike soccer players, can then be "sold" to a different company who can actually utilize them. The actual product was secondary at best.
Keybase, Astral and Oven / Bun are other examples of this, I think Zed is on a similar path.
Keybase, Astral and Oven / Bun are other examples of this, I think Zed is on a similar path.