Best of The New Stack — May 2023

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   The New JavaScript Features Coming in ECMAScript 2023

   ECMAScript will be approved in July 2023, but four proposals for new language features have already reached stage four. WeakMap lets you extend an object with extra properties without worrying about creating a memory leak. Change Array by Copy gives developers new methods for sorting, reversing and overwriting data without mutating the array it’s stored.

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   4 Ways to Enhance Your Dockerfiles

   Ten years ago, Docker released its first version of what democratized container technology. Docker is still the most used software package technology, with Maven and NPM listed as second and third.

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   ScyllaDB vs. MongoDB: When to Use Each

   ScyllaDB's close-to-the-metal architecture enables predictable low latency at high throughput. This is driving a surge of adoption across teams such as Discord, Tractian and many others that are scaling data-intensive applications and hitting the wall with their existing databases. So when should you use ScyllaDB vs.

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