✅ The State of Node.js Performance in 2024

A thorough set of benchmarks covering recent performance advancements made in Node.js. The improvements between Node 18 and 20 up to version 22 might surprise you - it’s clear the team has put a lot of work into this area.

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✅ Astro 5.1

Astro 5.1 is now available! Delivered just in time for the holidays, the first minor release of the Astro 5 era includes a new experimental sessions feature, improved caching for images, and extra tools for working with Astro Actions.

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🏆 The State of JavaScript 2024 Results

The annual State of JavaScript survey recently took place, and the results are now available. 14,015 folks took part and we get to see what language features folks are using, experiences with popular libraries, build tool popularity, AI preferences, popular podcasts, runtime usage, and perhaps controversially, how more JavaScript developers are using TypeScript than not. There’s a lot to dig through here.

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✅ 👩‍💻 Nuxt 3.15

Nuxt 3.15 is out - with Vite 6, better HMR and faster performance

We're continuing to work on the release of Nitro v3, Nuxt v4 and more. But we're delighted to ship Nuxt v3.15 (just) in time for Christmas.

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Happy New Year! 🎉

✅ Vite Ecosystem

One of the strongest points in Vite is the ecosystem around it. Vite took responsibilities from frameworks, freeing other maintainers from reinventing the wheel each time by offering a common ground where to collaborate, fostering a lot of explorations in the space.

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✅ You Don't Need Next.js

As much as Next.js is considered the React meta-framework of choice, if your requirements are modest, simply going with plain React has numerous benefits in terms of simplicity and speed. This post looks at a real example and the tradeoffs made.

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✅ Balancing Text in CSS

Ahmad kicks off the new year with this great interactive article explaining how we can make text more visually balanced using CSS. It’s a solid run through of what text-wrap and its different values can do.

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✅ New Frontend Features for Designers in 2025

Cosima notes that when searching for frontend workflows and toolkits, it’s easy to forget how powerful some of the fundamentals on the web have become. As such, this post is a journey through new features and what they are capable of.

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