--- title: "Performance with Rust-y Node addons" publication: "Node Weekly" issue: 483 published_at: "2023-04-25" canonical_url: "https://nodeweekly.com/issues/483" --- Plus building a real gRPC microservice with Node and Connect. | #​483 — April 25, 2023 [Read on the Web](https://nodeweekly.com/issues/483) Together with [![Crunchydata\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/c_fill,g_auto,w_430,h_100/e_make_transparent/co_white,e_outline:7/xyflkz7n00elwtgja9ne.png)](https://www.crunchydata.com/case-studies/carerev?utm_source=nd-prim-0425) ![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/eirinfidkiygxcdxqgkb.jpg)](https://www.alxolr.com/articles/how-to-process-a-csv-file-five-times-faster-in-node-js-with-rust-and-napi-rs) [How to Process a CSV File Faster in Node with Rust and NAPI-RS](https://www.alxolr.com/articles/how-to-process-a-csv-file-five-times-faster-in-node-js-with-rust-and-napi-rs) — [NAPI-RS](https://napi.rs/) is a framework for building pre-compiled Node.js addons in Rust. 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