--- title: "npm's CTO: So Long, and Thanks for All The Packages" publication: "Node Weekly" issue: 334 published_at: "2020-04-16" canonical_url: "https://nodeweekly.com/issues/334" --- This week's Node news, links, and releases. #334 — April 16, 2020 [Read on the Web](https://nodeweekly.com/issues/334) Node Weekly [![\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/w_1280,e_sharpen:60/v1587046434/qzlqdaj4qzm2bzcdliyp.png)](https://github.blog/2020-04-15-npm-has-joined-github/) [npm Has Now (Actually) Joined GitHub](https://github.blog/2020-04-15-npm-has-joined-github/) — We announced GitHub’s acquisition of npm [a month ago](https://nodeweekly.com/issues/330) but now the process is complete. Not _much_ real news here but the plan is to now focus on community engagement and improving registry infrastructure. Jeremy Epling (GitHub) [Node v13.13.0 (Current) Released](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v13.13.0/) — `fs.readv` is a new function to sequentially read from an array of `ArrayBufferView`s, `util.inspect` now lets you specify a maximum length for printed strings, the default maximum HTTP header size has been increased to 16KB, there are three new collaborators, and more. Michaël Zasso [![\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/e3d8e659.png)](https://dashboard.redisgreen.net/nodeweekly) [Get Better Insight into Redis with RedisGreen](https://dashboard.redisgreen.net/nodeweekly) — Modern hosting and monitoring services include memory usage maps, seamless scaling, key size tracking, and more. RedisGreen sponsor ▶[Watch the Live Coding of a New Feature for Node.js](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/591021843) — This is not something for novices, but if the idea of watching ‘over the shoulder’ of a Node.js collaborator implementing a new feature directly into Node itself interests you.. this could be a valuable hour spent. Vladimir de Turckheim [node-libcurl 2.1: `libcurl` Bindings for Node](https://github.com/JCMais/node-libcurl) — [libcurl](https://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/) is a _very_ powerful and well established way to fetch data from URLs across numerous protocols. node-libcurl [2.1.0](https://github.com/JCMais/node-libcurl/releases/tag/v2.1.0) brings support for the latest version of libcurl (7.69.1) to us in the Node world. Jonathan Cardoso Machado [npm's CTO: 'So Long, and Thanks for All The Packages!'](https://blog.npmjs.org/post/615388323067854848/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-packages) — Ahmad Nassri was npm’s CTO but has now left. 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Sqreen sponsor [How To Set Up an Express API Backend Project with PostgreSQL](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2020/04/express-api-backend-project-postgresql/) — A pretty extensive walkthrough of creating an HTTP API using Express with Node.js and Postgres on the backend, then deploying it all on Heroku. Chidi Orji [Porting to TypeScript Solved Our API Woes](https://www.executeprogram.com/blog/porting-to-typescript-solved-our-api-woes) — From the guy behind the (in)famous [Wat](https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/wat) video comes a tale of porting a backend from Ruby to TypeScript. Gary Bernhardt [How to Mass Rename Files in Node](https://flaviocopes.com/node-mass-rename-files/) Flavio Copes ▶[Let's Build a Digital Circuit Simulator In JavaScript](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anZPHeA0WKU) — A special episode of the _Low Level JavaScript_ series takes us on a brief journey into the world of digital logic. Low Level JavaScript [The Story of How I Created a Way to Port Windows Apps to Linux](https://www.blinkingcaret.com/2020/04/09/the-story-of-how-i-created-a-way-to-port-windows-apps-to-linux/) — We mentioned [ElectronCGI](https://www.blinkingcaret.com/2020/03/25/electroncgi-1-0-cross-platform-guis-for-net-core/) recently as a way to let .NET and Node.js code depend upon each other, but here its creator explains more about the how and why. Rui Figueiredo [How to Create an Alexa Skill with Node](https://dzone.com/articles/alexa-skill-with-nodejs) — Implementing a custom ‘skill’ for Amazon Alexa by using Node and AWS Lambda. Xavier Portilla Edo 🛠 **Tools, Resources and Libraries** [Node v10.20.1 (LTS) Released](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v10.20.1/) — If you’re still using Node 10, don’t use v10.20.0, use this, due to a bug in the .0 release. 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