These days, Node.js is under the hood of everything from the web, the Internet of Things and desktop applications to microservice architectures. Node’s 15 million-plus downloads per month, and more than a billion package downloads per week, render it the world’s biggest open source platform.

On this episode of The New Stack Makers, we get to know Mark Hinkle, recently named the new Executive Director of the Node.js Foundation. Or, as Hinkle described it, “I’ve taken the mask of the Dread Pirate Roberts of the Node.js Foundation — a tongue-in-cheek way of saying I am here to help ensure that Node.js continues to continue to be a healthy, growing ecosystem long after I am long gone."

Learn more at: https://thenewstack.io/qa-mark-hinkle-new-executive-director-node-js-foundation/