Issue #05
The one about AI
Node weekly
- Announcing Sandpack 2.0 and a Node.js runtime for any browser: CodeSandbox release yet another Node.js runtime that runs in browser – Nodebox. They brag about their package that is powerful, fast and ready to use, outline the differences with WebContainers and microVMs, and cry about not open-sourcing it.
- Bringing Javascript to WebAssembly for Shopify Functions: Back to WASM news, Shopify announces that we can almost use JavaScript as first-class language in Shopify Functions. While they’re not ready to release the public beta yet, the article highlights the challenges of bringing JavaScript to WebAssembly and the insane constraints of Shopify Functions.
- The Magic of Small Databases: Tom Critchlow shares his love for small databases. Cheesy read about why we should all publish, maintain and collaborate on tiny libraries, community databases and weird collections.
- Why does 0.1 + 0.2 = 0.30000000000000004?: In other Julia Evens shenanigan, she wrote about floating points and computers. Won’t spoil it for you, go read it, but it highlights reasons to hate computers and a quick trip to PHP memory lane.
- Monetizing the Developer Experience: Great list of things to look at when selling products to developers. Main points are to focus on developer experience and prioritise developer marketing.
Tools of the week: AI Edition 🤖
To celebrate yesterday’s DEPT®/AI big launch, today we are sharing a list of AI tools that developers love to use (and might or might not have been used to write this newsletter). This list contains free, paid, and private-beta products, but feel free to share your favs on slack on #nodejs-collective.
- aicommits: A CLI that writes your git commit messages for you
- heyCLI: Use your command line terminal in natural language
- leap-ai: Add AI features to your app in minutes
- what-the-diff: Your AI-powered code review assistant
- httpie AI: Your AI assistant when testing and talking to APIs
- codesnippets.ai: Snippet storage combined with a AI model
- airops: Write SQL and documentation using AI recipes
- ia.net: A fresh, fast, fun way to create and hold presentations
- slite: Access and uncover knowledge in your workspace with AI
- Writersbrew: Write, improve, reply, summarise, translate
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