oh so like yt dlp will now require a js runtime because of youtube fuckery, and the one they recommend above the rest is "deno"
I click on github releases and

A user you’ve blocked has previously contributed to this repository.

oh no that's Claude

and then I look at their website and seeing announcement for

A new Deno Deploy API for running untrusted code in secure Linux VMs. Built for AI agents; made for you.

yep there are merged prs in there "authored with claude code" I don't trust that
the second listed option is node js
well I guess let's try node js
this one doesn't have the claude warning on the github
ok let's see if that worked
(for the curious reading this https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/15012 and https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/EJS)
the deno worked at least but bleh