--- title: "A big week for Fastify" publication: "Node Weekly" issue: 441 published_at: "2022-06-09" canonical_url: "https://nodeweekly.com/issues/441" --- Plus a tool for digging into node_modules, and writing Wordle in Word. | #​441 — June 9, 2022 [Read on the Web](https://nodeweekly.com/issues/441) ![Node.js Weekly](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/v1653576619/lgfqinzbdqttwmhvljxb.png) [![\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/w_1280,e_sharpen:60/tskqqqzp8qzyi5unp1lx.jpg)](https://medium.com/@fastifyjs/fastify-v4-ga-59f2103b5f0e) [Fastify 4.0 Released](https://medium.com/@fastifyjs/fastify-v4-ga-59f2103b5f0e) — The first major release of a popular, high performance Node.js Web framework in two years warrants some celebration. A focus has been placed on stabilization, modernization, and improving the already quite stable developer experience, rather than flashy new features, although this post does cover a few updates. 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So, naturally, you'll want to [▶️ implement Wordle in Microsoft Word](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2btcfPtxQ0) with this new-found knowledge. - Staying with Microsoft, the Azure team has [a new major version](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/new-major-release-of-durable-functions-for-nodejs/ba-p/3451227) of the Durable Functions SDK for Node.js – DF provides a way to create stateful services that run serverlessly. - [RedwoodJS](https://redwoodjs.com/) – explained [▶️ in 100 seconds.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5Mwa_TJ3HM) [The Case for Prisma in the 'Jamstack'](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2022/06/case-prisma-jamstack/) — Prisma is a an ORM built for JavaScript and TypeScript, which can be useful for connecting to data within the backend of your Jamstack application. The author makes the case for _why_ Prisma and shows how to integrate it with Next.js, RedwoodJS and Cloudflare Workers. 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