This is a classic. Microsoft SQL Server 2008 introduced a feature that prevents you from changing a table in the designer if it needs to be re-created. And whenever I get this I always forget where to turn this feature off. This time I recorded a 14-sec video that shows where this option is. Enjoy
#770 — January 27, 2026 Read on the Web JavaScript Weekly Introducing LibPDF: PDF Parsing and Generation from TypeScript — LibPDF bills itself as ‘the PDF library TypeScript deserves’ and supports parsing, modifying, signing and generating PDFs with a modern API in Node, Bun, and the browser. GitHub repo. Documenso JavaScript Frameworks – Heading into 2026
#608 — January 22, 2026 Read on the Web Node.js 25.4.0 (Current) Released — Another gradual step forward for Node with require(esm) now marked as stable, as well as the module compile cache, along with a variety of other minor tweaks. Joyee Cheung of the Node team has written a thread on Bluesky going deeper
#769 — January 20, 2026 Read on the Web JavaScript Weekly jQuery 4.0 Released — 20 years on from its original release, the ever-popular (in terms of actual usage) library reaches 4.0 with a migration to ES modules (compatible with modern build tools) along with dropping support for IE 10 and older. With jQuery being
#607 — January 15, 2026 Read on the Web ⚠️ The Node.js January 13, 2026 Security Releases — Originally expected in December, these releases (of Node.js 25.3.0, 24.13.0, 22.22.0, and 20.20.0) finally landed this week, largely due to their complexity and the scope of the vulnerabilities they tackle. More on that in the next item! The Node.js
#768 — January 13, 2026 Read on the Web JavaScript Weekly Web Dependencies are Broken; Can We Fix Them? — Lea, who has worked at the heart of Web Standards for years, delivers a compelling (and educational) call to action about a problem every JavaScript developer has encountered: why is managing dependencies and introducing them
#606 — January 8, 2026 Read on the Web 🎉 Happy New Year! Also, a quick reminder that Node Weekly is now sent every Thursday as part of a reshuffle for many of our newsletters. __Your editor, Peter Cooper npm to Implement ‘Staged Publishing’ After Turbulent Shift Off Classic Tokens — 2025 was a tricky year
