Comment by iamkeithmccoy

Say what you want but I can write a production backend without any non-Microsoft dependencies. Everything from db and ORM to HTTP pipeline/middleware to json serialization to auth to advanced logging (OTel). Yes, sometimes we opt for 3rd party packages for advanced scenarios but those are few and far between, as opposed to npm/js where the standard library is small and there is little OOTB tooling and your choices are to reinvent a complex wheel or depend on a package that can be exploited. I argue the .NET model is winning the new development ecosystem.