54 releases (mostly for Typescript updates) and other Adventures in Nodeland

Hey Folks,

This issue is full of releases (54!), primarily due to the update for the nodenext typescript module resolutions.

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Intetesting links

Using iOS Shortcuts + iA Writer to reduce journaling friction - I now use iA Writer to prepare this newsletter, and I use a few of these tricks to keep track of all the information I need to prepare a new issue.
Open-source software vs. the proposed Cyber Resilience Act, the EU is set on a course to make Open Source Software be certified, making the life of the individual maintainer harder then expected. Let’s fight this.
The Complete Guide to the Fastify Plugin System - NearForm, read this article in which Manuel describes how the Fastify plugin system works. It’s a must-read.
GitHub - indutny/mean.engineer: An incomplete ActivityPub implementation in TypeScript is a learning project by Node.js collaborator Fedor Indutny. It’s built on Fastify and it federates with Mastodon.

Releases

fastify-cli v5.6.1 fix server config deep merge.
fastq v1.14.0 pass generic type to error handler.
@fastify/deepmerge v1.2.0 supports clone by reference.
mercurius v11.4.0 allows preExecution hook to modify variables.
@fastify/static v6.6.0 adds the ability to serve dot files.
fastify-cli v5.7.0 adds a generate-swagger command.

Update to TypeScript Nodenext resolution algorithm

The Fastify community is refactoring all its type definitions to be compatible with the new TypeScript nodenext resolution algorithm. You can find the whole discussion at https://github.com/fastify/fastify/issues/4349.

Here is the list of modules that have been updated so far: