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December 3, 2024 By Mark Otto 0

Node.js Weekly

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💡 The Prisma team is also looking to the future and has produced a manifesto explaining their priorities going forward, including migrating Prisma’s core logic from Rust to TypeScript.

IN BRIEF:

  • Porffor is an interesting ahead-of-time JavaScript compiler, now complete with a snazzy new homepage.

  • The Linux Foundation is offering discounts on its Node.js courses and certifications over the next week.

  • 🎄 If you fancy a daily programming challenge in the run up to Christmas, don’t forget that the Advent of Code 2024 has begun.

  • test262.fyi presents an interesting technical view of how different JavaScript engines fare on the official ECMAScript conformance test suite.

Inside Bluesky’s Engineering Culture — An interesting writeup from May 2024 that’s perhaps become more relevant with Bluesky’s recent rapid ascent. Node.js sits at the heart of the social network’s backend (along with other technologies).

Gergely Orosz and Elin Nilsson

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