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Are mature dependencies less risky than state of the art ones?
There are tools like dependabot or greenkeeper for npm and others for other languages. Now at first glance they improve security by keeping open source dependencies up-to-date. But I am wondering, do ...
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Is node.js a good fit for background processing?
I'm slowly learning node.js and have a small project I want to start. The project will have a lot of background processes (downloading data from external sites, parsing CSV files, etc.).
A big "win" ...
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Do some interpreted languages only load the scripts once?
The benefit of a compiled application was that all the libraries and classes are loaded one time and sit waiting for input right?
I come from a background working with PHP and the resources/classes ...
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