--- title: "Music to our ears" publication: "Node Weekly" issue: 468 published_at: "2023-01-05" canonical_url: "https://nodeweekly.com/issues/468" --- Plus some love for SQLite, a Node ecommerce system, a tip for Nix users, and a gopher-shaped bonus. | #​468 — January 5, 2023 [Read on the Web](https://nodeweekly.com/issues/468) Together with [![Scout\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/c_fill,g_auto,e_trim,w_600,h_100/e_make_transparent/co_white,e_outline:7/w1hrymftfbabodvxfm9x.png)](https://telemetryhub.com/early-access/) ![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/luidklst5vzh4eugkaof.jpg)](https://gluonjs.org/) [Gluon: Framework for Creating Desktop Apps from Sites](https://gluonjs.org/) — A new approach for building desktop apps from Web sites using Node and already installed browsers. 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