Optimizing Node Performance with V8 GC Optimization — Matteo recently ▶️ gave a talk at dotJS about Node’s memory usage and decided to write it up into a blog post too. Matteo notes that high memory usage doesn’t necessarily mean you have a memory leak, explains how V8’s garbage collector works, and how you can tune things specifically for your own use case.

Matteo Collina

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Microsoft Warns About Node.js' Role in Modern Malware — Microsoft’s security team is observing a sharp increase in the use of Node.js to deliver malware and other malicious payloads. This post digs into a couple of examples and what's going on behind the scenes.

Microsoft

Node v20.19.1 (LTS) Released — You know it’s a quiet week when a .1 release is feature-worthy news. Little here except dependency bumps, though, but it’s always good to see an update of what remains a popular Node version (though Node 22 ‘Jod’ should now be your LTS version of choice, ideally).

Ulises Gascón

🤖 node-mlx 0.4: Machine Learning Framework for Node.js — Based upon Apple’s MLX framework targeting Apple’s own chips, node-mlx brings its power into the Node world.

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Repomix: Pack Your Codebase Into AI-Friendly Formats — Enter a GitHub URL and choose various settings for the output (XML, MD, etc). It’s Node.js-based and available to use in a library-like form for your own tooling creations too. GitHub repo.

Kazuki Yamada