--- title: "Writing an SD card driver in TypeScript" publication: "Node Weekly" issue: 424 published_at: "2022-02-10" canonical_url: "https://nodeweekly.com/issues/424" --- Plus Node 16.14.0, a Redis-based message bus for Node, and mixing Remix into Electron. | #​424 — February 10, 2022 [Read on the Web](https://nodeweekly.com/issues/424) Node Weekly [![\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/w_1280,e_sharpen:60/drzxrh1axxxjwgeqfils.jpg)](https://github.com/hikerpig/pintora) [Pintora: An Extensible Text-to-Diagram Rendering Library](https://github.com/hikerpig/pintora) — A similar idea to the well established [Mermaid.js](https://mermaid-js.github.io/mermaid/#/), but with a different attitude to extensibility as well as no requirement for a headless browser server-side. The [introduction docs](https://pintorajs.vercel.app/docs/intro/) have both visual and code examples. 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Retool sponsor **In brief:** - Referring to a recent report from WhiteSource, _The New Stack_ ponders whether the npm system, generally, [is a 'hotbed of malware'?](https://thenewstack.io/is-npm-a-hotbed-of-malware/) - Google Cloud has placed Node 10 support for its client libraries [into maintenance mode only.](https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/application-development/google-cloud-sdk-moves-nodejs-10-to-maintenance-mode) They recommend upgrading to Node 12 (at least). - If you're testing your Electron apps with [Spectron,](https://github.com/electron-userland/spectron) it's officially deprecated as of this month and [here's the story why.](https://github.com/electron-userland/spectron/issues/1045) [An Introduction to Deno: Is It Better than Node?](https://blog.appsignal.com/2022/02/09/an-introduction-to-deno-is-it-better-than-nodejs.html) — We’ve mentioned [Deno](https://deno.land/), which comes from Ryan Dahl, much as Node.js initially did, numerous times, but if you haven’t checked it out yet this post covers the key features, as well as where Deno is ahead or behind of Node. Ayooluwa Isaiah [Node v16.14.0 (LTS) Released](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v16.14.0/) — No ‘latest’ branch release this week, but a notable one for the 16.x LTS branch which gains (experimental) support for the [import assertions stage 3 proposal.](https://github.com/tc39/proposal-import-assertions) Danielle Adams (Node.js Team) 💻 Jobs [Lead Test Engineer (TypeScript / Cypress)](https://spins.fm/jobs/) — Seeking experienced Automation Engineer to lead QA testing of an ecommerce replatforming and middleware integration project. Spins Software for Merchants [Senior Node Developer (Remote)](https://arc.dev/get-featured?campaign=1&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=job-post&utm_campaign=paid2022&utm_term=20220210&utm_content=Node-Weekly) — Get featured directly to tech companies hiring Node developers right now. Land an interview in as little as 24 hrs. 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