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Text Highlight2026-08-04 21:09:18
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"When appropriate"
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Good point, sync order makes debugging way easier.
Text Highlight2026-08-03 15:09:18
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"If a call to stream."
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the drain event thing always trips me up, good to see it explained clearly.
Text Highlight2026-07-28 16:10:34
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"The toString() method on the URL object returns the serialized URL."
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Ah yes, the classic 'just call toString' — why does every JS API have three ways to do the same thing?
Text Highlight2026-07-28 13:07:34
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"Gets and sets the host name portion of the URL."
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I always mix up host and hostname, this clears it up a bit.
Text Highlight2026-07-28 12:58:34
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"Gets and sets the host name portion of the URL."
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Wait, so setting hostname won't mess with the port? That's actually nice to know.
Text Highlight2026-07-28 10:04:34
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"The node:url module provides utilities for URL resolution and parsing."
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had to debug a URL parse issue last week, this would've saved me
Text Highlight2026-07-28 09:55:34
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"The node:url module provides utilities for URL resolution and parsing."
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still prefer the WHATWG API but good to have options
Text Highlight2026-07-28 09:46:34
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"The node:url module provides utilities for URL resolution and parsing."
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finally a built-in for this, no more messing with regex
Text Highlight2026-07-27 13:07:30
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"then normalizes the resulting path."
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Wait, does it handle Windows backslashes too or just forward ones?
Text Highlight2026-07-27 12:58:30
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"then normalizes the resulting path."
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So basically it cleans up the slashes and dots for you, sweet.
Text Highlight2026-07-27 10:04:30
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"It can be accessed using:const path = require('node:path')"
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my brain always autocorrects this to 'node:path', still confused after years
Text Highlight2026-07-27 09:55:30
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"It can be accessed using:const path = require('node:path')"
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wait, why not just require('path')? is the node: prefix new?
Text Highlight2026-07-27 09:46:30
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"It can be accessed using:const path = require('node:path')"
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finally no more dealing with those slash issues manually
Text Highlight2026-07-25 12:40:00
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"The synchronous APIs block the Node."
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Blocking is fine if you're just scripting small stuff.
Text Highlight2026-07-25 12:31:00
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"The synchronous APIs block the Node."
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Yeah that's why async is safer for anything heavy.
Text Highlight2026-07-25 09:37:00
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"To use the promise-based APIs:import * as fs from 'node:fs/promises'"
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I always forget the /promises part, thanks for the reminder.
Text Highlight2026-07-25 09:28:00
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"To use the promise-based APIs:import * as fs from 'node:fs/promises'"
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Wait, is this the same as just importing 'fs' but with promises?
Text Highlight2026-07-25 09:19:00
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"To use the promise-based APIs:import * as fs from 'node:fs/promises'"
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Finally, no more callback hell for fs operations.
Text Highlight2026-07-24 12:39:54
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"On a reused HTTP/1."
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I always use agent:false when I need a clean socket, saves me from weird bugs.
Text Highlight2026-07-24 12:30:54
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"On a reused HTTP/1."
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So ordering is the only way to match responses? That's a bit fragile for long-lived connections.
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