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This is the content of the newsletter sent on 2024-03-14.
Contents
jsr – Modern JS package registry.
bacon – Background Rust code checker.
Ingestr – Copy data between databases.
Hancho – Build system.
AstroDB – Database for content-driven websites.
Daytona – Dev environment manager.
Arcjet – Security layer for Node.js
Rolldown – Fast bundler for JS.
Interesting tools
Each week we review 2-3 of the most interesting developer tools. Here's what we featured this week. View the full archive.
jsr
Modern JS package registry.
What we like: Modern, open source package registry for JS/TS modules. ESM-only. Supports multiple package managers inc. npm, yarn, pnpm, Bun, Deno. Secure publishing workflows by default. Auto API doc generation and scoring to encourage best practices. Open source.
What we don't like: Requires a compatibility layer for npm. Forces you to use TypeScript and ESM, but it’s 2024 so this is also something we like!
Review permalinkbacon
Background Rust code checker.
What we like: Continually runs in the background, watching Rust files for warnings or errors. Also runs tests. Sits in your terminal. Configurable commands and watch directories. Supports .gitignore. Can run multiple instances e.g. for different build targets. Nvim plugin available. Open source.
What we don't like: Has some overlap with what you may already have in your editor e.g. rust-analyzer in VS Code.
Review permalinkIngestr
Copy data between databases.
What we like: CLI to export data from one source database and load it into another. Lots of different sources & destinations e.g. Postgres to DuckDB, SQLite to BigQuery, etc. Supports various incremental loading strategies - append, merge, delete+insert.
What we don't like: Requires specifying the source and destination tables - doesn’t copy the whole database schema.
Review permalinkNew betas & early release programs
We also include some of the more interesting beta and early access releases. Here's the ones we featured this week. View the live list on Beta Console.
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