--- title: "A fast, modern way to browse and compare npm packages" publication: "JavaScript Weekly" issue: 772 published_at: "2026-02-10" canonical_url: "https://javascriptweekly.com/issues/772" --- Plus writing a UEFI bootloader in JavaScript, webpack's 2026 roadmap, and Transformers.js v4 for running ML models in the browser. #​772 — February 10, 2026 [Read on the Web](https://javascriptweekly.com/issues/772) Together with [![Frontend Masters logo\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/c_fill,g_auto,w_300,h_70/e_make_transparent/co_white,e_outline:5/nk0tfdvalivacz8rw7rt.png)](https://frontendmasters.com/courses/javascript-hard-parts-v3/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=javascriptweekly&utm_content=jshardpartsv3) JavaScript Weekly [![\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/w_1280,e_sharpen:60,q_auto/v1770737392/om3olxoyynsjmgd3mofh.jpg)](https://npmx.dev/) [npmx: A New npm Registry Package Browser](https://npmx.dev/) — A smooth, fast way to browse packages on the [official npm registry](https://www.npmjs.com/). 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An aesthetic increasingly popular in modern web design and digital art. - 😬 [Heroku](https://www.heroku.com/), the cloud hosting/PaaS pioneer, has [adopted a 'sustaining engineering model'](https://www.heroku.com/blog/an-update-on-heroku/), with no new features in the pipeline. The dev community [heard the 'death rattle'](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46913903) and `migrate off heroku` has joined many to-do lists. - 🎥 If you were overwhelmed by the buzz around using agents to build videos with [Remotion](https://www.remotion.dev/), Remotion now has [▶️ a 5 minute tutorial that boils it down to the basics.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NRAOnKc3c8) - 📗 [Here's a preview of the new design for Node.js's official docs.](https://nodejs-api-docs-tooling.vercel.app/) You can [file issues](https://github.com/nodejs/doc-kit/issues) if you encounter any problems. 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