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My Personal Skills for AI-assisted Node.js Development Hey Everyone! I've been working on something I want to share with you. As you know, I've started relying on AI assistants to do most of my coding, but I...

If you develop on @nodejs.org, you should definitely check out AI skills from @nodeland.dev

It's like having Matteo peer program with you! :)

adventures.nodeland.dev/archive/my-p...

doc: create ai-guidelines and include to CONTRIBUTING by RafaelGSS · Pull Request #62105 · nodejs/node As discussed in today's TSC meeting. cc: @nodejs/tsc @BridgeAR

The @nodejs.org project is adding AI Use Policy and Guidelines

AI as an assistant will be allowed, but contributors must understand, verify, test, and take responsibility for all code and communication. Unverified AI-generated contributions will be closed without review.

github.com/nodejs/node/...

Announcing the @nodejs.org LTS Upgrade and Modernization Program! 🚀

We're helping enterprises move safely off end-of-life Node.js versions to reduce security risks with our partnerNodeSource.

Modern Node.js is safer Node.js. Details:
openjsf.org/blog/nodejs-...

Add --transform-ts flag to strip erasable TypeScript syntax · facebook/hermes@ffbfc07 Summary: Add an AST transformation pass that strips erasable TypeScript syntax before semantic analysis, similar to Node.js's --strip-types. Type annotations, type aliases, interfaces, generics...

Tzvetan Mikov has added runtime support for type-stripping to the Hermes JS engine 🎉

It is similar to the support in Node.js and TypeScript's "erasableSyntaxOnly" flag.

github.com/facebook/her...

The @nodejs.org is nearing consensus on shifting to annual releases, with a blog post coming soon 🥳

I have a nitpick on naming the prelease channel "Alpha"
I've suggested some alternatives, and made a case for why "preview" might be a better fit.

WDYT? 🤔

Details: github.com/nodejs/nodej...

docs: improve readability · nodejs/nodejs.org@2661a1d - Fix Alpha duration from 5 to 6 months (Oct-Mar) - Correct LTS duration from 29 to 30 months - Update total support from 35 to 36 months - Update all EOL dates from March to April - Add alpha vers...

Following up here!

The LTS support was changed to 30 months in github.com/nodejs/nodej...

npmx.dev: with a little help from my friends | johnnyreilly This post will show you how to contribute to npmx.dev and share my experience with the project.

John writes about his first contribution to @npmx.dev

An example of how you can use AI to contribute to Open Source even if you don't know technologies being used.

Always follow CONTRIBUTING.md and never let an LLM speak or think for you.

johnnyreilly.com/npmx-with-a-...

npmx: converging communities The story of the many people and communities that converged to build npmx together

Congrats on the alpha launch @npmx.dev! Y'all are amazing ❤️

Let me tell you an open source story. A very personal one. A story of growth, downward spirals, and recoveries. Of a multitude of converging communities building tools for themselves. A story of collaboration and trust. And hope.

npmx is one of the open source projects I use almost daily now. So glad to see the alpha release (and that I was able to sneak in a few PR as well).

Time for a video? Yes, absolutely 🙌

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoC5...

daniel: "I don't think we need 10x developers to build great things. I think we need 10x teams – groups of people who care about the same problem, who iterate together, and who make each other better" 🤍

the heart of open source is human

Collaborating with npmx How the e18e community have been collaborating with npmx to create a better experience for the ecosystem

today we saw the launch of npmx! here's what the community has already been collaborating on as part of this alpha launch, and what more is to come 🎉

When npmx showed up, it created a wave of enthusiastic support and open source collaboration. And because we’re in a moment where most discussion about OSS feels pretty bleak, the joy around npmx… Why are devs excited about npmx when everyone seems to be sad about other OSS?

🔴 Live

Npmx is creating a wave of enthusiastic support. We’re in a moment where most discussion about OSS feels pretty bleak, the joy around npmx feels unique. Maintainers @danielroe.dev, @whitep4nth3r.com , and @patak.cat share their secrets.

Watch Live:

How to make your first contribution to an open source project Getting involved in open source doesn't have to be scary! Understand how to find a great project and make your first contribution in this ten-step guide.

To celebrate the launch of the @npmx.dev alpha, I wrote up a guide on how to make your first contribution to an open-source project.

Let me know if this helps you make your first contribution (and it doesn't have to be code)!

Announcing npmx: a fast, modern browser for the npm registry Today we're releasing the alpha of npmx.dev – a fast, modern browser for the npm registry, built in the open by a growing community.

npmx is now in alpha: this is our story, as told by our team and friends

[DRAFT] stream: prototype for new stream implementation by jasnell · Pull Request #62066 · nodejs/node Opening this for discussion. Not intending to land this yet. It adds an implementation of the "new streams" to core and adds support to FileHandle with tests and benchmarks just to explor...

Just to prove that it can fit in easily with existing implementation/runtimes fairly easily, I ported the github.com/jasnell/new-... API to Node.js and updated FileHandle to support it github.com/nodejs/node/... ... it's an experimental draft currently so no official status...

What’s New in ViteLand: February 2026 Recap Our February 2026 recap features Oxfmt Beta with 100% Prettier compatibility and 36x faster performance, Vite 8 devtools, Vitest async leak detection, and Rolldown performance gains.

✨ What's New in ViteLand: February 2026 Recap

◆ Oxfmt Beta: 100% Prettier conformance
◆ @vite.dev 8 includes devtools
◆ @vitest.dev 4.1 beta adds aroundEach/aroundAll hooks
◆ @rolldown.rs becomes 9.6% faster
◆ Oxlint now supports 59/61 ts-eslint rules
◆ NestJS migrates to Vitest
◆ and much more 👀

We deserve a better streams API for JavaScript The Web streams API has become ubiquitous in JavaScript runtimes but was designed for a different era. Here's what a modern streaming API could (should?) look like.

After implementing web streams in multiple runtimes, supporting them for years, talking with other implementers, dealing with issues... I think it's well past time we talked about something better blog.cloudflare.com/a-better-web...

I'm glad this is finally happening!
Thank you, Ulises, and rest of the release team for getting this to a consensus.

Why is the LTS support set for 29 months?
If it's set to 30 months, it'll be easy to remember (even number, and/or 2.5 years) and end-of-life in April will align with current LTS EoL

Blog: Evolving the Node.js Release Schedule by UlisesGascon · Pull Request #8631 · nodejs/nodejs.org Preview url: https://nodejs-org-git-fork-ulisesgascon-release-announcement-openjs.vercel.app/en/blog/announcements/evolving-the-nodejs-release-schedule PUBLICATION DATE: April 2nd Objective This is...

☕ Something's brewing for @nodejs.org releases starting with 27.x. Official announcement coming soon!

👀 Sneak peek: github.com/nodejs/nodej...

Screenshot of a GitHub pull request titled “lib: added logger api in node core,” showing three approved reviews.

Looks like we're this 🤏 close to getting built-in Node.js logger 👀

The React Foundation has officially launched, hosted by the Linux Foundation. Read more here: react.dev/blog/2026/02...

Oxfmt Beta A collection of high-performance JavaScript tools written in Rust

Announcing Oxfmt Beta

* 100% Prettier Compatibility
* Additional File Formats
* Tailwind CSS Integration
* Import Sorting
* package.json Sorting
* Embedded Language Formatting
* Node.js API
* `--migrate prettier`
* config overrides
* Full IDE support

oxc.rs/blog/2026-02...

Build and install time tests for Astro

(1/8) An exciting project over at @e18e.dev is our project: how can we measure performance across meta-frameworks? This means going deeper than just bundle size, but looking at all stats across development and runtime. Here is an example of one of our dev build tests. More details in the thread.

How Rolldown Works: High-Performance Code Splitting with Bitset Logic

Atriiy writes about how high performance code splitting works in @rolldown.rs with Bitset Logic

The four phases of chunk allocation strategy
➡️ Defining Reachability
➡️ User-Driven Partitioning
➡️ Automated Allocation
➡️ Structural Optimization

www.atriiy.dev/blog/rolldow...

The conversation about bad PRs in FOSS projects needs to move away from "is it AI or not" to: does the contributor care or not? That's a different dimension. You can make good PRs with AI; you can make bad PRs without AI. Assuming a perfect overlap is disingenuous at best.

WebMCP is available for early preview  |  Blog  |  Chrome for Developers WebMCP aims to provide a standard way for exposing structured tools, ensuring AI agents can perform actions on your side with increased speed, reliability, and precision.

Chrome launched an early preview of WebMCP, and we're looking for feedback on use-cases, API shape, & more! 🚀

WebMCP bridges the gap between AI agents and your website, increasing the performance and reliability of agent interactions.

Join the EPP: developer.chrome.com/blog/webmcp-...

Cartoon illustration in flat colors: a smiling developer in a blue hoodie points upward while holding a green “Node.js FETCH GUIDE” book. Above him, speech bubbles read “npm axios”, “http/https”, and “fetch()” with a question mark. On the right, a cool turtle wearing sunglasses rides a rocket labeled “V8”; a checklist and stopwatch sit on the desk against a soft, patterned sky background.

Confession: my fingers still type `npm i axios` on autopilot from time to time 😅

...And yet… Node.js has shipped a built-in `fetch()` since v18 (2022)!

Still, I keep running into the same questions:

- Should we use it?
- When is it a good fit?
- How do we avoid the usual footguns?

We Ralph Wiggumed WebStreams to make them 10x faster - Vercel WebStreams had too much overhead on the server. We built a faster implementation. See how we achieved 10-14x gains in Next.js rendering benchmarks.

This is great to see vercel.com/blog/we-ralp...

While specific runtime products may compete around features and performance, this kind of research on how to work around the inherent performance bottlenecks in web streams ultimately helps everyone.

Fastest Frontend Tooling for Humans & AI Frontend tooling in 2026+, with and without AI.

Christoph Nakazawa wrote about how 2026 is the year of faster JavaScript tooling with tsgo, oxlint and oxfmt

It also contains prompts which you can share with LLMs to migrate your tooling, as well as an opinionated config for linting.

cpojer.net/posts/fastes...