#030 - The Future of Backend JavaScript with a Node.js Maintainer: Matteo Collina

Matteo Collina, member of the Node.js technical steering committee and creator of 500 NPM modules with over 17 billion downloads, discusses the future of backend JavaScript. They explore topics such as becoming a member of the Node.js technical steering committee, the importance of having a plan for a business or project, challenges and innovations in Node.js, and improving performance by deduplicating requests. They also touch on the comparison of a backend JavaScript framework and Node.js for faster API development, multiple users accessing the same page and hitting the database simultaneously, and unpopular opinions about TypeScript. The conversation concludes with the guest sharing contact information and hinting at future technical discussions.