--- title: "A new (small) Express.js release appears" publication: "Node Weekly" issue: 523 published_at: "2024-03-05" canonical_url: "https://nodeweekly.com/issues/523" --- Plus recent V8 improvements, a new JavaScript registry, and Drizzle ORM explained. | #​523 — March 5, 2024 [Read on the Web](https://nodeweekly.com/issues/523) 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/gbjf4pnttzsemkpx7g2d.jpg)](https://deno.com/blog/jsr_open_beta) [Deno Introduces JSR: A New JavaScript Registry](https://deno.com/blog/jsr_open_beta) — The JavaScript Registry (a.k.a. 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