--- title: "Native modules become 'built-ins'" publication: "Node Weekly" issue: 450 published_at: "2022-08-11" canonical_url: "https://nodeweekly.com/issues/450" --- Plus using multithreading in Node, tracing comes to Prisma 4.2.0, and a SaaS starter kit. | #​450 — August 11, 2022 [Read on the Web](https://nodeweekly.com/issues/450) ☀️ We're taking a week off for a brief summer vacation and will be back on August 25, so when you don't get an issue of _Node Weekly_ next week, it's our fault, not yours ;-) __ _Peter Cooper, your editor._ ![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/s3oi54pdecgnusljygnx.jpg)](https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-multithreading-in-node-js) [How To Use Multithreading in Node.js](https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-multithreading-in-node-js) — Folks often say they see DigitalOcean's involvement in the publication of an article as a sign of quality, and this practical walkthrough-style introduction to how Node uses threads internally and how and why you might use worker threads is worth a look. 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