Developer reports 15% faster builds after migrating static site generator from Deno to Node v26.10.0

The migration replaced Deno.serve with Hono's node:http adapter and Deno's @std/path with node:path. File system calls moved to node:fs. PNPM replaced NPM with minimumReleaseAge set to 1440 minutes and trustPolicy no-downgrade to block post-install scripts. These changes eliminated Deno-specific APIs while preserving idiomatic code structure. Node v26.10.0 ships native type stripping and updated fs and http modules. Benchmark data from the migration shows reduced overhead compared with prior Deno runtime execution. PNPM workspace constraints prevented malware ingestion that the author previously encountered under NPM. Node's modernization reverses earlier developer flight to Deno by closing gaps in ECMAScript support and package tooling. The restriction on TypeScript under node_modules remains a deliberate policy choice documented in v26.10.0 release notes. This pattern indicates measurable reversion of workloads once Node stability metrics exceed Deno's original security and simplicity advantages. Future tooling consolidation will favor runtimes that ship zero-config TypeScript execution and provenance without external wrappers.