A Destroy All Software talk explores JavaScript's paradoxical arc—how a language created almost by accident became essential to modern computing. Born as a browser scripting tool, repeatedly pronounced dead, yet JavaScript somehow evolved to power servers, apps, and critical infrastructure. The talk examines this tension: a language shaped by accident rather than design, yet seemingly indestructible.

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