--- title: "Keep calm and carry on (using Node)" publication: "Node Weekly" issue: 456 published_at: "2022-09-29" canonical_url: "https://nodeweekly.com/issues/456" --- Plus AWS's new Node 16 deployment option, Node 18.10, and all important security updates. | #​456 — September 29, 2022 [Read on the Web](https://nodeweekly.com/issues/456) ![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,q_auto/zaakqel1skcjxyqjpd3p.jpg)](https://blog.bitsrc.io/dont-worry-nobody-is-replacing-node-js-not-even-bun-and-even-less-deno-4e7148cff78) [_"Don’t Worry, Nobody is Replacing Node.js"_](https://blog.bitsrc.io/dont-worry-nobody-is-replacing-node-js-not-even-bun-and-even-less-deno-4e7148cff78) — A bold assertion. Fernando reflects on the growing interest in alternative runtimes like Deno and Bun, but notes none really _replace_ Node.js wholesale in the near future. And even if they _did_, most of your Node skills would transfer across anyway. Fernando Doglio [Node v18.10.0 (Current) Released](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v18.10.0/) — - The `http` module [can now insist](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/44378) upon `Content-Length`'s value matching the response body length (previously this was not checked). - `stream` has added [`ReadableByteStream.tee()`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/44505) - [Developments](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/44210) around using libnode for embedding Node into iOS apps. 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Gajus Kuizinas [The September 23rd 2022 Security Releases](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/september-2022-security-releases/) — Node [14.20.1 (LTS)](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v14.20.1/), [16.17.1 (LTS)](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v16.17.1/), and [18.9.1 (Current)](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v18.9.1/) dropped to resolve some vulnerabilities: - A DNS rebinding protection issue on macOS. - HTTP Request Smuggling via multi-line `Transfer-Encoding` headers. - Potential weak randomness in WebCrypto keygen. - And, curiously, an old [io.js related hangover..](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/september-2022-security-releases/#node-18-reads-openssl-cnf-from-home-iojs-build-upon-startup-on-macos-medium-cve-2022-32222) Node.js **IN BRIEF:** - _AWS App Runner_ [now offers a Node.js v16 managed runtime.](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2022/09/aws-app-runner-supports-node-js-managed-runtime/) _App Runner_ ([homepage](https://aws.amazon.com/apprunner/)) is a managed service that takes your code and gets it running on AWS without you having to manage any ops. Think _Elastic Beanstalk_ with less control or _Heroku_, if you will. - NodeSource has released [N|Solid v4.8.2](https://nodesource.com/blog/announcing-NSolid-version-482), the latest version of its production and observability optimized Node.js distribution. [Type-Level TypeScript: The Basics](https://type-level-typescript.com/) — A beautiful guide to types, complete with challenges to solve. While 11 ‘chapters’ are promised to take you ‘from intermediate to advanced’, the first _three_ are currently available. They cover the fundamentals of what _types of types_ TypeScript makes available. Gabriel Vergnaud [Minimize Heap Allocations in Node.js](https://blog.appsignal.com/2022/09/28/minimize-heap-allocations-in-nodejs.html) — **Note that this article gets some fundamentals wrong** but you could still find the broader picture useful. Notably, V8 core team member Leszek Swirski [responded with some corrections](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33007398) that will teach you a couple of things about V8’s memory organization on their own. 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