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James Snell
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#FDJT.
He/Him
This is good. Even better if you're able to do it such that they get the credit they deserve.
This is, no joke, my favorite part about consulting. I love finding the engineer (there’s always at least one) who has been trying to say the thing everyone has been ignoring and then getting to make the recommendation they’ve been trying to make and have it actually be listened to
November 11, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Is the bee laden or unladen? And. Critically, it is a European bee or an African bee?
Friday #PhysicsFun! Can you guess the answer to this Figuring Physics question about "TWO BIKES and a BEE"? ow.ly/tCmM50XoFSS #PhysicsTeachers #ITeachPhysics #TPT
November 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM
So we found another performance regression in V8... specifically in the code for WriteUtf8V2 (the code to write a string out as UTF8)... the fix is in... and get this... it results in a 4000%+ performance increase in one of the benchmarks. Not a typo... 4000% improvement.
November 5, 2025 at 8:33 PM
All build tools are equally evil and terrible.
yeah, I'm one those who still think autotools is the lesser evil compared to cmake. No need to tell me how wrong I am.
November 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Look some actual heroes standing up to some masked Nazi asshole idiots pretending to be law enforcement.
The energy we need is this suburban dad standing out in the street -- barefoot with Blackhawks pajama pants on -- screaming at the masked goons to get the fuck out of their neighborhood.
More from the scene
October 26, 2025 at 12:21 AM
@rafaelgss.dev any chance y'all could update the v8docs.nodesource.com to include 25.x? Pretty please :-)
v8docs
v8docs.nodesource.com
October 21, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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Hell yes, Pittsburgh. Love Yinz. No Kings.
October 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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So proud of my city.

No Kings, Chicago!
October 18, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Yet again United Airlines lets me down. Ugh.
October 18, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Unfortunately
History is repeating itself
October 17, 2025 at 7:54 PM
FDJT.
October 18, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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October 18, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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We're celebrating the life of Mikeal, creator of request, forker and reuniter of Node.js, renaissance and family man on November 12.

We received a very generous donation and are now able to make this event completely free.

Looking forward to see all of you! an-event-mikeal-would-have-liked.com
An Event Mikeal Would Have Liked
Memorial charity event celebrating Mikeal Rogers' life - November 12, 2025
an-event-mikeal-would-have-liked.com
October 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
When MTG becomes the sole voice of reason on the Republican side, you know they've swan dived completely into Looney Land.
Super super weird to find myself agreeing with several of her recent statements
October 17, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Oh, ha, I've been so distracted by jsconf this week I missed that we finally released Sandboxes! Containers on the edge, controllable via Workers. Full Linux environment, capable of running node.js, deno, bun, anything you need really. share.google/Bj7OSMh94AM2...
Sandbox SDK (Beta)
The Sandbox SDK enables you to run untrusted code securely in isolated environments. Built on Containers, Sandbox SDK provides a simple API for executing commands, managing files, running background p...
share.google
October 17, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Congratulations to our Node.js community recipients 💚
Introducing 🥁🥁🥁 our JavaScriptLandia award recipients for this year!

Beyond building new features, our recipients guide others, maintain essential systems, document the hard parts, and strengthen the community every step of the way. 💙

Read more about our honorees here: hubs.la/Q03NQvx10
October 16, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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I'm excited about net in permissions!
Node.js 25 is here! We have upgraded V8 to 14.1, bringing major JSON.stringify
performance improvements and JIT pipeline optimizations.

This release introduces the permission
model --allow-net, Web Storage is enabled by default, and more!

nodejs.org/en/blog/rele...
Node.js
Node.js® is a free, open-source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment that lets developers create servers, web apps, command line tools and scripts.
nodejs.org
October 15, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Those benchmarks from @t3.gg revealed some interesting issues in Workers. Happy to say it's all fixed now, save for some lingering next.js-specific stuff we're continuing to work on. Thanks for the reproducible test cases, @t3.gg.

Excessive details in blog post: blog.cloudflare.com/unpacking-cl...
October 14, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I feel seen.
October 12, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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🚀 BIG NEWS: We just shipped @platformatic/python - run Python ASGI apps INSIDE your Node.js process!

This changes everything for AI/ML + Node.js apps 🧵

youtu.be/8eAAP9IF4xA
Launching @platformatic/python: Bring Python ASGI to Your Node.js Applications
Today we are excited to ship @platformatic/python, a new capability for Watt, the Application Server for Node.js, that lets you run Python ASGI applications alongside your existing Node.js workloads.…
youtu.be
October 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I once again find myself wishing JavaScript had a native BitField that was ArrayBuffer backed. e.g.

const bf = new BitField(10); backed by a two byte ArrayBuffer.
bf[0] = true
bf[1] = false
// Etc

bf.buffer; // the underlying ArrayBuffer

Really just a special form of TypedArray...
October 2, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Bluesky runs on open protocols with open source code. Today we’re taking an additional step and making a patent non-aggression pledge to ensure that everyone can build confidently on our work.

Learn more and read the pledge in our blog post: bsky.social/about/blog/1...
Bluesky's Patent Non-Aggression Pledge - Bluesky
Bluesky develops open protocols. We're taking a short and simple patent non-aggression pledge to ensure that everybody feels confident building on them.
bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 6:03 PM
They aren't heroes if they won't defend the Constitution and the people against what he and his white supremacist cronies are trying to do.
Draft dodger and convicted felon addresses room full of American heroes.
October 1, 2025 at 4:36 PM