Node.js 26.4.0 is out with a new `node:vfs` built-in module (behind `--experimental-vfs` flag). It also adds support for package maps, and many bug fixes, including a fix for a regression shipped with last week security release. Full changelog and download links at nodejs.org/en/blog/rele...

Very early sneak peek to pnpr - the pnpm registry: pnpm.io/pnpr/

@tangled.org you okay?

Our statement on the UK gov't's demand that all content on all devices sold or used in the UK be scanned, on the presumption of nudity, using a dystopian combination of age verification & content scanning. This proposal will not safeguard children. It endangers us all. signal.org/blog/pdfs/20...

Kinda thinking this is the unfortunate future 😕

The first step in a big journey for deep-equal and object comparison 🥳

4.5 years after acquiring the form5 GH org/namespace and dozens maybe hundreds of unanswered support requests, someone at npm finally clicked the button to let me actually use it 🫠 (thank you YL, whoever you are) Now, what the heck was I gonna do with it 🤔

🚀 Still using Axios in Node.js? You might not need it anymore. Why switch? ✅ Native support ✅ Fewer dependencies ✅ Better standards alignment ✅ Reduced security surface ✅ Potential performance improvements nodejs.org/en/blog/migr...

The good old days. Now we just get gaslit.

Node.js v26.0.0 is out 💚 Temporal API enabled by default, V8 14.6, Undici 8, and key deprecations as we keep modernizing the platform. Check it out nodejs.org/en/blog/rele...

I don't think tech at large understands how hard it is to be an open source maintainer right now. So many great folks are on the brink of burnout. Funding is drying out. We live in a security minefield. Companies think humans are disposable. If you're a maintainer, we care. You deserve the world.

Here’s your morning mood, courtesy of Magda Patyk.

Node.js's learn articles now have a new home! Check out github.com/nodejs/learn to see the learn articles, now statically built with our very-own github.com/nodejs/doc-kit!

The Node.js Userland Migrations (and node:test) team have been busy bees 🐝 In node 25.9.0, MockModuleOptions’ defaultExport & namedExports are consolidated into a single “exports” object. A migration is available alongside it to automatically update your code. app.codemod.com/registry/@no...

I recently released sequins.dev, to have all the Observability signals you expect like logs, metrics, traces, and profiles, but as a macOS app which you can use for local dev. It's also completely free and open source. Give it a try, and let me know if there's any features you want!

Open Source Brunch success 😁 the weather really came through too for the terrace

We are looking for an open source product marketing manager to help us with WPE, Servo, Moonforge, Wolvic and other similar projects at @igalia.com More information: www.igalia.com/jobs/product...

A modern browser for the npm registry that nudges the ecosystem towards best practices and standards perfectly aligns with our mission: to make the next generation of JS developers more productive than ever before. We're happy to support our friends at @npmx.dev!

My company @igalia.com is hiring an Open Source Product Marketing Manager. www.igalia.com/jobs/product... Igalia is a worker-owned cooperative based in A Coruña, Spain. All positions are 100% remote. Igalia can potentially sponsor visas to emigrate to Spain.

From Chrome 145 (on general release next week!), DevTools we will start to show so called "soft" navigations and "Soft LCP" in the Performance Panel traces. These are for SPAs which don't do a full page load, but instead "fake it" by updating the current page and pushing a new history entry. 1/5 🧵

We're hosting our 1st workshop of 2026 at Framer! New and existing students and coaches are welcome, but space is limited to ~20 people. Food & drink generously provided by Framer. RSVP codebar.io/workshops/3612 Thu, 19 Feb @ 18:30 – 21:00 Rozengracht 207, 1016 LZ #DEI

it.expectFail is out for a test-case that should pass but can't 🙂

Okay, wtf Apple. Why is ⅓ of the Reminders widget is wasted space?? Also, why tf are there footgun tickboxes on the widget that dismiss the item. I just want to read it 🤬

Today's spark of joy

We appreciate your patience and understanding as we work to deliver a secure and reliable release. Updates are now available for the 25.x, 24.x, 22.x, 20.x Node.js release lines to address: - 3 high severity issues - 4 medium severity issues - 1 low severity issue nodejs.org/en/blog/vuln...

The heavy snowfall at AMS right now. Visibility is barely 100 km 😮

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The OXC folks are 🔥 I reported a bug and it was patched before my tea brewed (not a joke).

I’ve been playing with module loaders and node sea recently. Anthropic supposedly bought bun because of the ease of application bundling. Now the same is easily achievable with node.js using www.npmjs.com/package/@pip... Applications bundled and runnable directly from zip-archives or SEAs.

💡 TIL: You can highlight a JS template tag as another language by prepending it with a comment like /* html */ in at least VS Code and editors wrapping it like Cursor. How did I find out? Cursor suggested it when I tried to do a more convoluted const html = String.raw; const template = html`…

GitHub should add a 2025 recap, with things like: "Angriest commit message" "How often you added a separate commit just to fix linting" "Number of curse words added to the codebase" "What file caused the most bug reports" "Number of abandoned side projects"

I'm sure many of you have already been trying out the native preview, but if you haven't, now is the best time to start!

I'm <center> years old 🧟‍♂️

Uh, what da fuck EU “[The changes] allow AI companies to legally use personal data to train AI models”

Hell yes

My god, Google Workspace Admin portal is a masterclass in "don't".

LF Europe joined dozens of other orgs calling for an EU Sovereign Tech Fund. Through investment in #OpenSource sustainability, Europe can promote strategic autonomy, prevent future crises, & reduce strategic dependencies. Now is the time to act: openforumeurope.org/openforum-eu...

Still running on an old version of Node.js? We’ve got new guides and tools to help you migrate your code smoothly. Start here: nodejs.org/en/learn/get... Thank you @augustin-mauroy.bsky.social for the work here 🙏

If you have a codebase that uses an older version of Node.js, we have started to put together articles and tools to help you migrate your code. nodejs.org/en/learn/get... nodejs.org/en/blog/migr...

Nice performance benchmark on optional chaining by Matteo Collina and Simone Sanfratello on the nodeland newsletter:

Don't [...spread] or .split() your strings! Use Intl.Segmenter API. Available in every JS runtime

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...

@jensimmons.bsky.social any chance the Shape Detection API (BarcodeDetector) will be fixed any time soon in iOS Safari?

performance.now() is coming! Every byte shipped carries a carbon cost. @inesakrap.bsky.social will present insights from the Sustainable Web Guidelines that result in a site that is not only fast, but also green and responsible. perfnow.nl/speakers.html#ines

OpenJS 🤝 Codemod Node.js migrations just got way easier. We're partnering with Codemod to help developers update apps faster, safer, and with less manual hassle. 🔗 hubs.la/Q03KHF260

Here's a quick and efficient way to remove `autoplay` from videos if the user prefers reduced motion codepen.io/jaffathecake... `animationstart` is one of my favourite hacks for monitoring elements appearing in the DOM.