This place has a really strong pro-cloud pro-JS bent tho

Pro js?

Seems every thread about something built in javascript is full of people bashing it.

JavaScript is a pretty popular language. Also HN is a slice of the developer community at large. I think anything that discusses JS is going to look pro-JS to a person that hates it.

I don't think parent will find any high traffic developer discussion forum where people don't discuss JavaScript.

I admit I don't like the language, but there's definitely both camps on this site, seemingly in similar proportions.

We are but tiny voices against the masses

No other language executes in browsers for historic reasons.[0] And there is reduced friction to developing all parts of the stack in a single language. Not all Javascript developers support the current state of the Node ecosystem.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17051521

Of course it is because it serves the startup community and something like 99.999% of startups are web apps and ... well... javascript.

It beats the pro-meme bent of other sites though.

Lobste.rs

How is life over there? The idea of an invitation tree certainly sounds nice.