Episode 96: Expressway to Fastify with Matteo Collina
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John Papa @John_Papa)

Ward Bell @WardBell)

Dan Wahlin @DanWahlin)

Craig Shoemaker @craigshoemaker)

Matteo Collina @MatteoCollina)

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Resources:

• Elon Musk and the red satin shorts)
• Node.js)
• Moving Fastify to Azure Pipelines with Matteo Collina and Damian Brady)
• Fastify ecosystem)
• Fastify on InfoQ)
• TSD)
• Fastify and Validation of Data)
• JavaScript Prototype Poisoning)
• Hapi)
• AJV)
• Fluent Schema)
• Article on "Forget Express")
• Reddit thread on fustily and express performance)
• Npm trends showing express vs fustily vs testify usage)
• Monkey patch definition)
• http2)
• What is middleware)
• Fastify Hooks)
• Routing in Fastify)
• Find My Way)
• Curmudgeon)
• Clint Eastwood "Get Off My Lawn" GIFs)
• Pino logger in GitHub)
• Express Contributors)
• Video: What happens when you fold paper more than 7 times)
• Node.js docs on Stream)
• Sonic Boom)
• Fastify to Express)
• Fastify Workflows)
• TypeScript)

Timejumps

• 03:16) Guest introduction
• 06:42) What is Fastify?
• 15:12) Why should I use Fastify instead of Express?
• 18:40) Sponsor: Nrwl
• 19:14) The middleware concept is wrong
• 26:45) Ward the Curmudgeon on taking a bet on Fastify
• 35:42) Sponsor: Ag Grid
• 37:00) What is Pino and why?
• 46:38) What's the best way to get started with Fastify?
• 49:21) Final thoughts

Podcast editing on this episode done by Chris Enns of Lemon Productions).