Chengzhong Wu

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The 2026 Node.js London Collaboration Summit trip report is officially live! 🚀 We gathered 50+ contributors to discuss the biggest technical shifts coming to the runtime. Big thanks to Bloomberg for hosting! 🇬🇧 Check out the full recap and recordings here: https://bit.ly/3OHPLmz

Node.js — Trip report: Node.js collaboration summit (2026 London)

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We are happy to announce the NodeConf EU is returning in 2026. This time, things will be a little different. While the Irish countryside made for a beauttiful backdrop for getting the community together to talk about Node.js, there have always been a number of logistical challenges to hosting there;

People seem to be underestimating how powerful 2 can be. You can make stupid choices you wouldn't normally make in a panic. My ex-roommate once almost got scammed but luckily she still had some wits left in that panic to consult me. It's useful to have another brain around when you are in a panic.

Source maps are a vital part of modern web development, but the lack of a standard made it impossible for us to add new features or improve the debugging experience. This is the story of how we standardized source maps and how we continue to ship features through standards 📜 🧵

A JSON file representing a source map. The code contains:

{
  "version": 3, // Always the integer 3
  "file": "out.js", // Optional: name of the generated file
  "sourceRoot": "", // Optional: prefix prepended to each entry in "sources"
  "sources": ["foo.js", "bar.js"], // Required: list of original source URLs/paths (or null)
  "sourcesContent": [null, null], // Optional: inlined source text, aligned with "sources"
  "names": ["src", "maps"], // Optional: symbol names referenced by "mappings"
  "mappings": "A,AAAB;;ABCDE", // Required: encoded mapping data (base64-VLQ deltas)
  "ignoreList": [0] // Optional: indexes into "sources" considered "third-party"
}

Node.js wouldn't be where it is without the LGBTQ+ community ... As in literally. Many of the most important technical contributions have come from LGBTQ+ contributors. We haven't always done right by them but there's no doubt they are loved. nodejs.org/en/blog/comm...

Node.js — Open sourced identity

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I didn't have the domain knowledge to fully understand that discussion, but it was about some Intl/Temporal APIs that are difficult to implement because some astral tables don't go far enough in the future or in the past.