Noop Functions vs Optional Chaining: A Performance Deep Dive
Discover why noop functions are significantly faster than optional chaining in JavaScript!
From fast-redact to slow-redact
Introducing slow-redact: a safer log redaction tool with immutability guarantees, combating flawed CVEs.
Node.js: easy to learn, hard to master - perfect for AI
Exploring Node.js: its easy start, complex mastery, and the rising need for deeper knowledge in AI-driven dev.
You should not use URLPattern to route HTTP requests on the server
Node.js is adopting the `URLPattern` spec, but its regex-based routing can be slow.
Workskipping is a great technique. What happens when you can't skip it?
123 Hi Folks, This issue covers how adding a "fast path" to make some benchmark shine can confuse users and introduce "traps" that could be extremely...
What happens when a major npm library goes commercial?
This edition covers the switch of a popular library to a restrictive license, Node.js performance tips, and new releases.
Node.js v22, AI-Warp, A deep dive on setImmediate, and many other Adventures in Nodeland
Debunking performance 'hack', Fastify v5 prep, asyncforge module intro, Node.js v22 - all in one!
Borp: a new runner for node:test with TS support
Hi Folks, This release features something I've been working on and off for the last few months, mostly adding feature as I needed them: a companion for the...
3x Faster Stream processing
Hi Folks, This newsletter comes back to a theme I love: Node.js streams. I expect more contents about the fundamentals in the future, as I'm scavenging some...
Which HTTP client for Node.js? Should Node.js stop bundling npm?
A Node.js newsletter covering HTTP client performance, fixing a race condition, and discussing whether Node.js should drop npm.
22 billions of npm downloads in 2023 and other Adventures in Nodeland
Happy new year folks! This is our first edition of 2024, and I expect to deliver one of this to you every month or so. This edition includes a full...
From 5k to 65k monthly downloads in 3 months, and other Adventures in Nodeland
In this edition, we cover Platformatic's December launch including Meraki, a desktop app for building and managing composable monoliths, multi-version support for REST APIs, a bigger Breaking Change Detector, and a new GraphQL composition feature. We also cover many releases, including Fastify v4.25.0 and a pretty lengthy list of interesting articles.
You are not updating Node.js
Analysis on Node.js monthly downloads, abstracts/link to talks: "Do not trash the Node.js event loop", "Generating types without climbing a tree", "The easist way to deploy Fastify", "NODE_ENV is a lie!".
What is Open Source BTW?
New talks on speeding up Node.js API and the history of Node.js, ongoing debate on open-source licensing, Node.js security release, and various software releases and interesting articles.
Should ESM be the default?
Should ESM be the default in Node.js? We will also cover Platformatic v1 announcements, hung Node.js processes, and the Cloudflare announcements
How would you measure the Risk of a pull request?
Hi Folks, As I'm writing this, I have been working hard for the Platformatic v1.0.0 launch on Tuesday, the 26th of September (tomorrow as you are reading...
My thoughts on Bun and other Adventures
Bun 1.0 release, Node.js performance, and released videos on OpenMeter and EventEmitter anti-pattern.
The dangers of logging and other adventures Nodeland
111 Hi Folks! The last few weeks have been incredibly busy. In this edition I include a brief explanation of Logging - the process of creating log lines as a...
My explanation of Fastify Technical Principles, improved TypeScript support in Platformatic, and many other Adventures in Nodeland
Hi Folks, Adventures in Nodeland has officially become a biweekly newsletter! You'll receive news from the Fastify ecosystem every two weeks - with some...
Releasing modules on stage at JSNation, What I learned using Postman Collections, Pairing ChatGPT with Platformatic, and other Adventures in Nodeland
Hi Folks, A lot happened in the last few weeks! This edition of Adventures in Nodeland includes three talks I delivered in the latest spring 2023 season, the...
