--- title: "require(esm) makes it to LTS" publication: "Node Weekly" issue: 559 published_at: "2024-12-10" canonical_url: "https://nodeweekly.com/issues/559" --- Plus Undici makes HTTP/2 stable, semantic search, and why Douglas Crockford isn't your dad. | #โ€‹559 โ€” December 10, 2024 [Read on the Web](https://nodeweekly.com/issues/559) ๐ŸŽ„ The Node world is experiencing a post-Thanksgiving _interfestal_ lull, so this issue includes a few items we overlooked earlier this year. 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