--- title: "Deploying Node apps with Kubernetes and Google Kubernetes Engine" publication: "Node Weekly" issue: 240 published_at: "2018-05-31" canonical_url: "https://nodeweekly.com/issues/240" --- The latest Node.js news, articles, tools, and projects. #240 — May 31, 2018 [Read on the Web](https://nodeweekly.com/issues/240) Node Weekly [From npm to yarn and Back (to npm) Again](https://mixmax.com/blog/to-yarn-and-back-again-npm) — Last year, `yarn install` was 20x faster than `npm install` for Mixmax but npm 6’s major steps forward have had them reconsider their approach. Mixmax Engineering Blog [Scalable Node with Kubernetes and Google Kubernetes Engine](https://nodesource.com/blog/scalable-nodejs-with-kubernetes-and-google-kubernetes-engine/) — Describes itself as a _“one-stop-shop styled walkthrough of what it takes to deploy a containerized Node.js app on a scalable, cloud-based Kubernetes cluster with Google’s Kubernetes Engine.”_ Eric O'Rear [![\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/4e2e2ab2.png)](https://www.datadoghq.com/monitor-nodejs/?utm_source=Advertisement&utm_medium=CooperPress&utm_campaign=CooperPress-NodeWeeklyP) [Full-Stack Monitoring for Node Apps](https://www.datadoghq.com/monitor-nodejs/?utm_source=Advertisement&utm_medium=CooperPress&utm_campaign=CooperPress-NodeWeeklyP) — Utilize distributed tracing and interactive flame graphs to track performance and troubleshoot Node applications. Monitor and alert on infrastructure metrics, request traces, and logs in real-time. [Try Datadog free](https://www.datadoghq.com/monitor-nodejs/?utm_source=Advertisement&utm_medium=CooperPress&utm_campaign=CooperPress-NodeWeeklyP). Datadog sponsor [How npm is Affected by a Recently Disclosed Git Vulnerability](https://blog.npmjs.org/post/174411769410/how-npm-is-affected-by-the-recently-disclosed-git) — npm CLI users should make sure they have git version 2.17.1 or later installed to protect against a recent code execution vulnerability involving git submodules. The npm Blog [Node v10.3.0 (Current) Released](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v10.3.0/) — - npm upgraded to 6.1.0 - Fixed [a bug](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/21003) with reading past the 4GB mark in files using `fs` - `net`: IPC servers can now be made readable and writable by all users Node.js Foundation [How to Build a Node Command-Line Chat App with Chatkit](https://medium.freecodecamp.org/build-a-node-js-command-line-chat-application-with-chatkit-8d0c4546085e) — Building chat in your app can be pretty complex. Yet, with Chatkit (from Pusher, and currently in free beta mode) implementing fully-featured chat is a few lines of code. Hugo Müller-Downing [Storm in a Teapot: Anger Brews Over npm's Jokey Proxy Error Messages](https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/05/29/npm_teapot/) — _The Register_ gets the link for the work the put into the puns.. Basically, the npm repository was issuing _418 I’m a Teapot_ HTTP errors for a few hours [under certain conditions.](https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/20791) The Register [WorkerConf 2018: A Node.js Industry Event in the Alps](https://worker.sh/) — Mountains, hiking, and industry experts discussing the future of Node.js in Dornbirn, Austria on June 28. Guntram Bechtold 💻 Jobs [Sr. Fullstack Engineer (Remote)](https://www.stickermule.com/careers) — Sticker Mule is looking for passionate developers to join our remote team. Come help us become the Internet’s best place to shop and work. Sticker Mule [Software Engineers in SF & NYC, Flash Us Your Code](http://lp.woo.io/JSW1?utm_source=jsw&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=9) — Sign up for [Woo.io](http://lp.woo.io/JSW1?utm_source=jsw&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=9) today & discreetly explore exciting opportunities that meet your needs and expectations. 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DigitalOcean sponsor [Building a YouTube MP3 Downloader with Exodus, FFmpeg, and AWS Lambda](https://intoli.com/blog/youtube-mp3-downloader/) Evan Sangaline [Deploy Your Webpack Apps to Heroku in 3 Simple Steps](https://codeburst.io/deploy-your-webpack-apps-to-heroku-in-3-simple-steps-4ae072af93a8) Rajesh Babu [Create a Simple Weather App using Node, Express, and React](https://medium.com/@maison.moa/create-a-simple-weather-app-using-node-js-express-and-react-54105094647a) Maison Moa [How Well Do You Know Your npm Trivia?](https://jaxenter.com/npm-trivia-144846.html) — A light hearted quiz around things like npm’s mascot and the size of the official registry. 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