--- title: "You can run GitHub Gists with npx" publication: "Node Weekly" issue: 501 published_at: "2023-09-12" canonical_url: "https://nodeweekly.com/issues/501" --- Plus Node 16 says goodbye, while Node 20.6.1 says hi. | #​501 — September 12, 2023 [Read on the Web](https://nodeweekly.com/issues/501) Together with [![Pangea logo\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/c_fill,g_auto/e_make_transparent/co_white,e_outline:7/vdxvaq0osr46vwyw8hkt.png)](https://pangea.cloud/resources/technologies/?utm_medium=display&utm_source=display&utm_campaign=node-weekly-september-23-technologies) ![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/p0lesuijzh6ymgliige8.jpg)](https://mikro-orm.io/blog/mikro-orm-5-8-released) [MikroORM 5.8 Released](https://mikro-orm.io/blog/mikro-orm-5-8-released) — When [MikroORM](https://mikro-orm.io/) is mentioned anywhere, I always see folks saying it’s great and deserves more attention, so I’m doing my bit to help 😁 It’s an ORM for Node based around Data Mapper, [Unit of Work](https://mikro-orm.io/docs/unit-of-work) (hello implicit transactions and change detection!) and [Identity Map](https://mikro-orm.io/docs/identity-map) patterns, with support for both SQL and NoSQL databases _and_ it'll even analyze your code for types to help you create entities more easily. 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Pangea sponsor [How to Run a GitHub Gist with `npx`](https://gist.github.com/kfox/1280c2f0ee8324067dba15300e0f2fd3) — Nate Taras’ recent [Creating an `npx` tool](https://nayte.dev/posts/creating-an-npx-tool/) inspired Kelly to send in this simple example of a remotely executable `npx` _gist._ This is a clever idea that works because GitHub gists can automatically act as git repositories and `npx` can run against a package hosted in a git repo. Kelly Fox [Node v20.6.1 (Current) Released](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v20.6.1) — A patch level release to fix a bug around [circular CJS dependencies when loaded by ESM.](https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/49497) This issue was significant enough to [affect numerous popular projects](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/49500#issuecomment-1709762589). 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He also notes that [🐦 no-one on the team is paid for their work](https://twitter.com/yagiznizipli/status/1701226992790536210) in response to criticism and claims to the contrary on Twitter/X this week. - Yagiz also began [a discussion about removing _primordials_ from Node.](https://github.com/nodejs/TSC/issues/1438) An 'internal use only' feature, [primordials](https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/HEAD/doc/contributing/primordials.md) provide a way for core modules to get access to truly clean, underlying objects in Node that aren't being polluted by other modules or third party code. [JPEG and EXIF Data Manipulation in JavaScript](https://getaround.tech/exif-data-manipulation-javascript/) — A look at how to pick through the JPEG format and read and replace EXIF tags directly without leaning on a third party library. 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