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A mix of technical deep-dives, career reflections, and dispatches from the road.

Dependency Cooldowns: Make Your Package Manager Wait Before It Trusts New Code thumbnail

developmentOct 12, 2026· 4 min

Dependency Cooldowns: Make Your Package Manager Wait Before It Trusts New Code

npm, pnpm, Yarn, and Bun can all refuse package versions that are only hours old. Here's how each one's release-age gate works, why the units don't match, and where it bites in CI.

Map.getOrInsert: Stop Writing the has/get/set Dance thumbnail

developmentOct 8, 2026· 3 min

Map.getOrInsert: Stop Writing the has/get/set Dance

Map and WeakMap now have getOrInsert and getOrInsertComputed, two methods that replace the check-then-set boilerplate every JavaScript codebase is full of.

Your tsconfig Is Still Written for TypeScript 5. Here's the Cleanup TS 7 Forces thumbnail

developmentOct 1, 2026· 4 min

Your tsconfig Is Still Written for TypeScript 5. Here's the Cleanup TS 7 Forces

TypeScript 6 flipped half a dozen compiler defaults and TypeScript 7 deleted the options it deprecated. Here's the tsconfig audit that gets you onto the native compiler without a wall of red.

Node.js Type Stripping: Run TypeScript Without a Build Step thumbnail

developmentSep 28, 2026· 3 min

Node.js Type Stripping: Run TypeScript Without a Build Step

Node.js now runs .ts files out of the box by erasing types, not compiling them. Here's what that buys you, what it refuses to do, and the tsconfig that keeps you honest.

Uint8Array toBase64 and toHex: Stop Round-Tripping Bytes Through btoa thumbnail

developmentSep 24, 2026· 3 min

Uint8Array toBase64 and toHex: Stop Round-Tripping Bytes Through btoa

JavaScript can finally turn bytes into base64 and hex (and back) without the String.fromCharCode and btoa dance. Here's how Uint8Array's new encoding methods work and where they replace the helpers you've been copy-pasting.

import defer: Lazy Modules Without Going Async thumbnail

developmentSep 21, 2026· 3 min

import defer: Lazy Modules Without Going Async

ES2026's import defer evaluates a module the first time you touch its namespace, not at startup, so you can move heavy work off the cold path without turning half your call stack async.

node --test: The Test Runner You Already Have Installed thumbnail

developmentSep 10, 2026· 3 min

node --test: The Test Runner You Already Have Installed

Node's built-in test runner has been stable since v20 and now handles mocking, coverage, watch mode, and TypeScript files.

GraphQL Trusted Documents: Stop Letting Strangers Write Your Queries thumbnail

developmentAug 6, 2026· 4 min

GraphQL Trusted Documents: Stop Letting Strangers Write Your Queries

Disabling introspection is not security. Trusted documents let your server execute only the operations your own developers wrote, and you probably already…

Node.js 22 LTS: The Features Worth Knowing About thumbnail

developmentApr 5, 2026· 2 min

Node.js 22 LTS: The Features Worth Knowing About

Node.js 22 became the active LTS in October 2024, bringing a native test runner, built-in watch mode, require() for ES modules, and much more.

Bun vs Node.js: Should You Actually Switch? thumbnail

developmentFeb 3, 2026· 2 min

Bun vs Node.js: Should You Actually Switch?

Bun is fast, ships with a bundler and test runner, and is Node-compatible. But is it actually worth switching your production backend or toolchain?

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