716: JS Perf Wins & New Node.js Features with Yagiz Nizipli

Yagiz Nizipli talks about his involvement with Node.js, implementing.env, how he finds areas to improve in performance, the happy path vs the hot path, and new features coming to Node.js. Show Notes 00:32 Welcome 01:01 Introducing Yagiz Nizipli 02:21 What is your involvement in Node.js? 03:27 Implementing.env 07:03 Why was 20,000 lines of C required? 11:00 How do you begin to find performance issues? 15:17 How do you measure improvements? 26:27 The happy path vs the hot path 27:36 Is Rspack ready for prime time? RSpack 28:47 Bundle Size VS runtime perf? Whats more important? 30:51 What’s it like working on a large project like Node? 38:26 Will Node ever get TypeScript support? 40:22 What are loaders? 44:24 Node.js is getting a config file? 51:37 Sick Picks Sick Picks Oxc @Boshen_c Shameless Plugs @yagiznizipli Hit us up on Socials! Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads Wes: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads Scott:X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads