--- title: "A roundup of what's new in Node.js core" publication: "Node Weekly" issue: 431 published_at: "2022-03-31" canonical_url: "https://nodeweekly.com/issues/431" --- Plus how to write your own linter, two Node PostgreSQL clients, and Electron 18. | 🇺🇦 #​431 — March 31, 2022 [Read on the Web](https://nodeweekly.com/issues/431) Node Weekly [![\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/w_1280,e_sharpen:60/fengeaqqi9ps7betiaas.jpg)](https://simonplend.com/whats-new-in-node-js-core-march-2022-edition/) [What's New in Node Core: March 2022 Edition](https://simonplend.com/whats-new-in-node-js-core-march-2022-edition/) — Rapidly approaching the start of its teenage years (yep, Node turns 13 this May), development of new features in Node isn’t slowing down at all, but what’s going on? This post rounds up some links to a variety of new improvements and reminds us that Node 18 is just around the corner... 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