Prototype pollution is a dangerous vulnerability affecting prototype-based languages like JavaScript and the Node.js platform. It refers to the ability of an attacker to inject properties into an object's root prototype at runtime and subsequently trigger... (more…)

Monitor your PostgreSQL container node and get host metrics with the Postgres extension pgnodemx. (more…)

grial - A Node.js framework for creating GraphQL API servers easily and without a lot of boilerplate. (more…)

Behrooz Kamali takes an in-depth look at elasticsearch — a scalable, high-performance search engine — demonstrating how to integrate it into a Node project. (more…)

The prolific Alex Ellis has a new project, Inlets. Here’s a quick tutorial using Google Compute Platform’s (GCP) Compute Engine (GCE). NB I’m using one of Google’s “Always free” f1-micro instances but you may still pay for network *gress and storage Assum... (more…)