Node Weekly Issue 623 covers several notable updates in the Node.js ecosystem. Node.js 26.1 ships an experimental `node:ffi` module, enabling direct interfacing with native C libraries without writing glue code — a long-awaited core FFI solution. Node 20 (Iron) has reached End-of-Life, meaning all active LTS releases now support TypeScript via type stripping without flags. Rolldown 1.0, a high-performance JS bundler with esbuild-like speed and Rollup plugin compatibility, has reached stable. PM2 7.0 drops many external dependencies and improves Bun runtime support. Electron 42 changes its binary download behavior to mitigate supply chain attack risks. Building Node 26+ from source now requires a Rust toolchain due to the Temporal API's Rust-based implementation.
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