aapoalas

Building Nova JavaScript engine for a leaner, more focused future in JS! Supported by an NLnet grant <3

Funding Links: https://github.com/sponsors/aapoalas

Name: Aapo Alasuutari
Location: Tampere, Finland
Company: Valmet Automation Inc.
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Created at: 2022-11-15T00:28:50.558Z
Updated at: 2025-06-30T03:57:22.712Z
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I'm building Nova JavaScript engine through an NLnet grant and am on a leave of absence from my day job as a TypeScript developer.
Nova is a different kind of engine that builds itself using data-oriented design, choosing its data structures and representations in a decidedly non-object oriented sort of way. The aim is to create an engine that runs leaner and (one day) faster than mainstream engines on the idiomatic usage paths, at the cost of being slower in the odd corners of the language.
While I have the NLnet grant work on Nova will continue, but it only lasts for half a year. At that point I will have to either return to my day job, or if I can I will come to rely on sponsorships. So thank you <3