--- title: "Say hi to Rocket Turtle" publication: "Node Weekly" issue: 522 published_at: "2024-02-27" canonical_url: "https://nodeweekly.com/issues/522" --- Plus a Node rate limiter, Node's progress in 2023, and obtaining information about your system. | #​522 β€” February 27, 2024 [Read on the Web](https://nodeweekly.com/issues/522) Together with [![Hasura\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/c_fill,g_auto,e_trim,w_285,h_84/e_make_transparent/co_white,e_outline:5/rqccs6gvtpeifpf64bb4.png)](https://hasura.io/learn/graphql/backend-stack/languages/node/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=node-weekly) ![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/eggthjpwoe3yjh7xk7jr.jpg)](https://twitter.com/nodejs/status/1759953849849167878) πŸš€πŸ’ [𝕏 Meet Node's New Mascot?](https://twitter.com/nodejs/status/1759953849849167878) β€” Over on Twitter/X, the official Node account unveiled the result of the Node.js mascot design contest that ran recently, and Node’s new mascot is… _Rocket Turtle_ (as seen above) [by Angela Angelini](https://twitter.com/nodejs/status/1760358555180220811). 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