Running the Gauntlet: a tiny nodejs test runner
Summary
The author built a minimal, dependency-free test runner frontend for Node.js using the built-in node:test module and TypeScript. He explains motivation to reduce npm dependency bloat, compares with mocha and ts-node, and shows how a language service cache can accelerate TS test compilation. The project gauntlet is released under MIT with zero dependencies, offering a lean alternative for TS projects that require compile-time checks.