Axios was compromised on npm on March 31, 2026. Malicious versions 1.14.1 and 0.30.4 pulled plain-crypto-js@4.2.1, executed a postinstall dropper, and fetched a cross-platform RAT. Here is the verified timeline, impact, IOCs, and recovery plan.
V8 pointer compression finally comes to Node.js after 6 years. A single Docker image swap drops heap memory by 50%, improves P99 latency by 7%, and can save companies $80K-$300K/year. Cloudflare, Igalia, and Platformatic collaborated to make it happen. Here is the full technical breakdown, real production benchmarks on AWS EKS, and why your CFO needs to see this.
A frontend developer's guide to building backend services with Node.js. Covers Express, REST APIs, middleware, database basics, authentication, and deployment — with the mindset shift from frontend to backend.