n three other language ecosystems: Node.js, Deno, and Python.</p><h3>Vercel <code>pkg</code></h3><p><a href="https://github.com/vercel/pkg">Vercel's <code>pkg</code> tool</a> is the oldest of the three here. I remember being quite surprised that this kind of "compile an interpreted language into an executable" was even possible when I first came across it. With it, a Node.js programmer can just run <code>pkg my-program.js</code> to get a self-contained executable called <code>./my-program</code>. <code>pkg<