Author: Mark Otto

NodeBB, the Node.js powered forum system

January 21, 2025 By Mark Otto 0

The January 21, 2025 Security Releases — Not yet released at the time of publication, but coming to you any moment soon, are fresh releases of the Node 23.x, 22.x, 20.x, and 18.x release lines to tackle some as yet undisclosed security issues. The Node.js Project…

Open Source CRM vs Proprietary: Which Is Best for Your Startup?

January 17, 2025 By Mark Otto Off

Selecting the right CRM for your startup can feel overwhelming, but it doesn’t have to be. By approaching the process step-by-step, you can make an informed decision that supports your growth and keeps things manageable. Let’s walk through it together. Selecting the ideal Customer Relationship…

An introduction to building live collaborative JS apps

January 17, 2025 By Mark Otto Off

Protect Against Bots, Fraud, and Abuse in Real Time — With WorkOS Radar you can detect, verify and block harmful behaviour, protecting your app with advanced device fingerprinting. Stop fake signups, stop free tier abuse, and stop bot attacks and brute force attempts today. WorkOS A Checklist…

AWS CDK is splitting Construct Library and CLI

January 14, 2025 By Mark Otto 0

AWS CDK is an open source software development framework for defining cloud infrastructure in code and provisioning it through AWS CloudFormation. It consists of two primary components: the Construct Library that you use in a programming language to model your AWS application, and a CLI.…

2025 is going to be a bold year for Express.js

January 14, 2025 By Mark Otto 0

A New Chapter for Express.js — 2024 saw the still-extremely-popular Express project awaken from a slumber, of sorts, with work being made to update things to modern standards, a security audit, and the release of Express v5. Here, the team explains what’s been going on…

Unlocking AWS Console: Diagnosing Errors with Amazon Q Developer

January 11, 2025 By Mark Otto Off

Introduction Developers, IT Operators, and in some cases, Site Reliability Engineers (SREs) are responsible for deploying and operating infrastructure and applications, as well as responding to and resolving incidents effectively and in a timely manner. Effective incident management requires quick diagnosis, root cause analysis, and…

The projects that shaped JavaScript in 2024

January 10, 2025 By Mark Otto Off

🗓️ Friday is the new Thursday! If you were a JavaScript Weekly reader several years ago, you might remember it always landed on Fridays and after getting caught out by a variety of big news items landing on Thursdays in recent years, we’re back 😉__Your editor,…