[wereHamster]

Unrelated to the topic in the article…

    await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 500));

In Node.js context, it's easier to:

    import { setTimeout } from "node:timers/promises";
    await setTimeout(500);

[hombre_fatal]

I haven't used that once since I found out that it exists.

I just don't see the point. It doesn't work in the browser and it shadows global.setTimeout which is confusing. Meanwhile the idiom works everywhere.

[joshmanders]

You can alias it if you're worried about shadowing.

    import { setTimeout as loiter } from "node:timers/promises";
    await loiter(500);

[treve]

Is that easier? The first snippet is shorter and works on any runtime.

[joshmanders]

In the context of Node.js, where op said, yes it is easier. But it's a new thing and most people don't realize timers in Node are awaitable yet, so the other way is less about "works everywhere" and more "this is just what I know"