▶  Compiling JavaScript Ahead-of-Time

He starts by outlining the limitations of traditional approaches—like interpretation and JIT compilation—which often trade off speed for portability and startup time.

Porffor offers an alternative: ahead-of-time (AOT) compilation of JavaScript to WebAssembly or native binaries. This method shifts the compilation burden to the developer’s machine, resulting in smaller, faster, and more secure executables. It supports TypeScript out of the box and uses type inference to optimize performance.

While still in early development, Porffor already supports many JavaScript features and is being positioned for lightweight CLI tools, embedded environments, and server-side use cases. Its design aims to reduce runtime size and boost startup performance without relying on the TypeScript compiler.