~nodeweekly | Issue 580 - PHP + Node: The odd couple of backend? (7)

php-node: A New Way to Bring PHP and Node Together — I bet some readers have strong feelings about the idea of mixing PHP and Node.js, but this is a neat project. php-node is a native module for Node that enables the running of PHP apps within the Node environment. Why? For migrating legacy apps, building hybrid PHP/JS apps, or Node apps that simply...

Implement AI Safeguards with Node.js and Llama Stack — Llama Stack is Meta’s framework for building AI apps in Node, Python, Swift or Kotlin.

qnm: A CLI Tool to Look Into node_modules — If you’ve ever been overwhelmed by what’s in node_modules, this tool lets you dig around with some guidance as to what is what. You can use fuzzy search to find specific things as well as see which modules are using the most space (you can try it right now with npx qnm doctor).

Zigar: Write and Use Zig Code in Node and Electron Projects — Zig is a systems language that’s essentially a superset of C/C++ (Bun is written in it). Zigar makes it possible to write and use C/C++/Zig code more easily within JavaScript projects.

🤖 OpenAI Client 5.x: Use OpenAI's Models from Node — The latest version of OpenAI’s official JavaScript library for its various APIs now has support for all its latest models and the Realtime API (v5.0 changelog). It also supports Deno and Bun.

Opossum 8.5: A Circuit Breaker for Async Functions — You can do things like trigger a failure after a certain timeout, fail entirely if a certain error threshold is reached, etc. GitHub repo.

🏖️ Beachpatrol: A CLI Tool to Automate Your Everyday Web Browser — A higher level way to use Playwright on macOS or Linux to control a regular non-headless browser instance. It’s essentially an approach where you still want a visible browser you can use in a normal way but with added automation possibilities.