Guillermo Rauch
@guillermo

Edge runtime vs Node runtime in 2026 — when do you still pick Node?

Cold-start gap has narrowed and Edge supports more APIs every quarter. What workloads are still firmly Node-only for you?

Answer
swyx@shawn · 54 d ago

Long-running streams (>30s) and anything needing the full Node stdlib (sharp, native deps). Edge is default for everything else.

Guillermo Rauch
@guillermo

Edge runtime vs Node runtime in 2026 — when do you still pick Node?

Cold-start gap has narrowed and Edge supports more APIs every quarter. What workloads are still firmly Node-only for you?

Answer
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swyx@shawn · 54 d ago

Long-running streams (>30s) and anything needing the full Node stdlib (sharp, native deps). Edge is default for everything else.