Deno

Raised as a usability problem by 27 people on Hacker News over 7 years (2020–2026), in 18 threads.

People raised many different problems with Deno, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.

Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.

The newest 27 complaints

Produces multiple files, requires a .bat launcher that opens a terminal, and the UI barely works2026-06-26
Following the install and dev instructions fails with a Node version error, forcing manual troubleshooting2026-06-25
Whole UI becomes unusable when one isolated service breaks2026-06-22
No docs or hints for testing npm packages locally; trial and error required2026-05-22
Deno task silently won't run package.json scripts, which is very unintuitive2026-03-31
Confusing mix of flags and arguments across sandbox, snapshot, and volume commands for bootable snapshots2026-02-09
Command line help has so many options and env vars it's noisy2025-05-20
Gets lost among nearly-identical platform names when trying to install2025-05-20
Gets lost among many nearly identical names for different platforms2025-05-20
Optional package file makes tutorials vary, confusing new users getting started2025-05-16
Downgrading a dependency in deno.json doesn't update deno.lock, so the old version won't install2025-05-15
Packages are split across JSR and other registries, and docs are hard to locate2025-05-15
Language server feels extremely slow and frustrating to use in IntelliJ2024-06-21
Unclear what happens when chaining schedule methods like daily and weekdays2023-11-30
Cron's syntax is incomprehensible, forcing users to rely on crontab generator tools2023-11-29
Migrating a TypeScript project required many manual workarounds, hacks and undocumented fixes2023-11-29
Must remember dependency URLs and forgets --import-map flag, breaking code2023-08-20
Deno and TypeScript disagree on import filename extensions, no format works for both2023-07-05
Created scripts hard to find; Home not highlighted and cluttered with examples2023-02-13
Currency selector hidden behind a gear icon on the last Total line2023-02-13
Lists every TypeScript file, burying the framework versions the user needs to see2022-08-16
Quick swipe-back gesture in iOS Safari traps user on the page2022-04-07
Vim TypeScript plugin can't handle Deno URL imports, so no intellisense or error checking2022-01-25
Search engines can't index docs, so specific API pages are hard to find2022-01-25
Dependency setup via deps.ts and URL imports is confusing and cumbersome to use2021-04-13
Entire documentation unreadable in text-mode browsers without JavaScript enabled2021-01-17
Hard to figure out where to start2020-09-13