JavaScript has evolved significantly, extending its reach beyond browsers. Through Node.js, it now powers countless backend systems, APIs, and cloud services, making it one of the most widely utilized runtimes globally. Maintaining the speed, security, and stability of such an essential piece of infrastructure presents a tremendous engineering challenge, with the efforts often being unseen.
Rafael Gonzaga, a Principal Open Source Engineer at NodeSource and a member of the Node.js Technical Steering Committee, has dedicated years to exploring the performance and security aspects of Node’s core, influencing the future development of the runtime. Rafael appears on the show to discuss the current state of Node.js performance, the true workings of benchmarking, the trade-off between speed and stability, and the significance of contributing to such a vital open-source project.
Josh Goldberg is a full-time independent open source developer within the TypeScript ecosystem. He focuses on projects that enhance the ease of writing better TypeScript, notably typescript-eslint, which facilitates running ESLint and Prettier on TypeScript code. Josh frequently contributes to projects like ESLint and TypeScript, holds a Microsoft MVP award for developer technologies, and authored the acclaimed “Learning TypeScript” (O’Reilly), a valuable resource for developers new to TypeScript. He regularly delivers talks and conducts workshops at bootcamps, conferences, and meetups, sharing insights on TypeScript, static analysis, open source, and web development.
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