Web Rush

Episode 177: OSS Sustainability and NPM Module Ecosystem with Matteo Collina

Episode Summary

Matteo Collina stops by to talk about the npm ecoystem, security, update us on Fastify, front end vs back end concerns, how Fastify helps with security issues, vulnerabilities in open source, and tips for securing node.

Episode Notes

Recording date: March 17, 2022

John Papa @John_Papa

Ward Bell @WardBell

Dan Wahlin @DanWahlin

Craig Shoemaker @craigshoemaker

Matteo @MatteoCollina

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Resources:

• Newsletter
• Web Rush episode with Matteo and Fastify
• Web Rush episode with Matteo with Node.js Optimization and Performance
• Fastify
• Fastify from 600k in Aug 2020 to 1.6m in Feb 2022
• CityJS London
• OpenJS
• Matteo speaking at the OpenJS World keynote
• npm
• Node.js
• Moving Fastify to Azure Pipelines with Matteo Collina and Damian Brady
• Fastify ecosystem
• Fastify on InfoQ
• Fastify and Validation of Data
• Article on "Forget Express"
• Fastify Hooks
• Routing in Fastify
• Pino logger in GitHub
• Express Contributors
• Fastify to Express
• Fastify Workflows
• Log4j vulnerabilities explained
• OWASP top ten security issues
• Scan your npm dependencies

Timejumps

• 02:25 Guest introduction
• 05:25 Live vs virtual conferences
• 06:38 npm Ecosystem and Security
• 09:07 Update on Fastify
• 12:06 Sponsor: Narwhal
• 12:40 Were you able to start with this process in the beginning of Fastify?
• 15:30 Front end vs back end concerns
• 17:20 Serverless vs server based cold starts
• 22:37 How Fastify helps with security issues
• 24:05 Why is my npm modules folder so big?
• 26:56 Sponsor: Ag Grid
• 28:01 Vulnerabilities in open source
• 33:01 What do people who aren't able to code do?
• 34:01 Security tips for using node

Podcast editing on this episode done by Chris Enns of Lemon Productions.