Halving Node.js memory usage with pointer compression

#​612 — February 19, 2026 Read on the Web Halving Node.js Memory Usage with Pointer Compression — Does 50% memory savings in production sound good? Cloudflare, Igalia, and the Node project have collaborated on node-caged , a Docker image containing Node 25 with V8 pointer compression enabled. Matteo digs into all the details here – this is neat work, though there are tradeoffs to consider. Matteo Collina Foundations of Agent Development — Create an AI agent from scratch in this detailed video course, hosted by Scott Moss. You'll learn tool calling, agent loops, evals, token usage monitoring, and more — including which agent framework might be right for you. Frontend Masters sponsor npm v11.10.0 Released — npm install gains a --allow-git flag that defaults to all for now, but is expected to become none in npm 12+. Maintainers can also now add/update trusted publishing configs across multiple packages in a single operation. Also, and curiously not covered in the release post, is --min-re