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A new beginning and other Adventures in Nodeland - Issue #64

Matteo Collina
Matteo Collina
@matteocollina
Hi Folks, last week was pretty intense for me! After 8 years, I left NearForm and sailed into the unknowns! I have something else already planned, and I’ll spend the next few months building some amazing Open Source Software for all of you to use. Stay tuned!

Matteo Collina
Big life update! Today is my last day as @NearForm Chief Software Architect. NearForm is the best professional services company in the world and an amazing place to work at.
Fastify
Pino
Node.js
Release v4.0.0 · nodejs/readable-stream · GitHub
Release v4.0.0 · nodejs/readable-stream · GitHub
readable-stream is one of the most downloaded modules on npm with 100M weekly downloads. It’s v4 instalment is equivalent to using Node.js core streams module in Node.js 18. I couldn’t wait for this release as it brings all the Node v18 goodies to v12, v14 and v16!
github.com
http: defer reentrant execution of Parser::Execute by ShogunPanda · Pull Request #43369 · nodejs/node · GitHub
This PR fixes an edge case in which Parser::Execute is called within the callback of one of its events. Fixes: #39671
github.com
0x v5.3.0 and v5.3.1, add the capability to support .cpuprofile file from node –cpu-prof.
News
The biggest news in the Node.js world this week is the shortening of the LTS cycle for Node.js v16 to align it with OpenSSL v1.1.1. Unfortunately, this means that v16 will stop being supported on September 11th, 2023. Read up the full announcement:
Bringing forward the End-of-Life Date for Node.js 16 | Node.js
Bringing forward the End-of-Life Date for Node.js 16 | Node.js
We are moving the End-of-Life date of Node.js 16 by seven months to coincide with the end of support of OpenSSL 1.1.1 on September 11th, 2023.
nodejs.org
My ex-colleague Jonas wrote a piece on virtual modules. What’s a virtual module? Check it out:
Virtual Modules for Fun and Profit
Five years ago, Rich Harris created something that is revolutionizing the way I write JavaScript applications. No, it’s not Svelte. Definitely not Svelte.
hire.jonasgalvez.com.br
I would never have thought this could happen: Internet Explorer is finally being retired.
Internet Explorer era comes to end as Microsoft moves on
Microsoft is retiring its web browser Internet Explorer after nearly 30 years and is preparing for Windows 10’s new search engine, Microsoft Edge. Released on August 24, 1995, Internet Explorer was a primary web browser that rose in popularity by the early 2000s before other competing browsers such as Apple’s Safari, and Google’s Chrome entered the scene.
www-newsweek-com.cdn.ampproject.org
Fly Machines: an API for fast-booting VMs · Fly
Check out how to start new virtual machines at a fraction of the cost of “traditional VMs”.
fly.io
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Matteo Collina
Matteo Collina @matteocollina

I write about my journey as a core contributor of Node.js, as an author and a maintainer of many modules - including Fastify and Pino. In addition, I speak at conferences, and I will add links to all my talks in case you missed one.

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