What makes Fastify one of the fastest, most efficient web frameworks in the Node.js ecosystem?

In this candid conversation, we’ll sit down with Tomas Della Vedova, lead maintainer of Fastify, to talk about performance, extensibility, and the future of backend development in JavaScript.

In this episode, we’ll cover:

✅ Fastify’s core design principles and why they matter

✅ How to optimize performance without sacrificing DX

✅ Plugin architecture and ecosystem

✅ Where Fastify fits into modern backend stacks

✅ What’s coming next in the Fastify roadmap