Yeah the problem is stdlib.file().read or/and write doesnt support utf8.
But they should.

stdlib v1 isn't being updated any more, so this probably isn't gonna get fixed. however, we do intend to create a polyfill for parts the NodeJS fs module, and that should definitely support UTF-8!

Heya @TheArmagan, is it possible to confirm that this is still an issue? If it is, we'll look into what can be done ^^