Leveraging Web APIs for Portable JavaScript Libraries

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Built a Postgres client that runs on native web APIs using ArrayBuffer, TypedArray, DataView, TextEncoder/Decoder and Web Crypto, and it works across Node, Deno, Bun and browsers with tradeoffs. Highlights: Postgres client on native web APIs, array buffer slicing zero-copy and backpressure via web streams for pipeline composition. Benchmarks show 1.2× faster concat, 6× slower hex/base64 encoding, and webstreams 5× faster for one emit but 10–15× slower over 10k events. Missing native hex/B64 and buffer concat are practical limits.

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1. 0:00Introduction and context
2. 2:19Why portable JavaScript libraries matter
3. 5:30Working with binary data
4. 13:10Streaming without Node streams
5. 19:25Built-in crypto utilities
6. 21:53Upcoming JavaScript features
7. 25:41Call to action for developers

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