- Added simdjson support, moved the package resolver to C++ and introduced experimental feature flags for the Node API.
- Updated core dependencies (simdjson v3.6.2, zlib 1.3, undici 5.28.2, libuv 1.47.0) and improved performance and stability across several modules.
- Deprecated the hash constructor and dirent.path APIs, with documentation updates.
2023-12-19, Version 21.5.0 (Current), @RafaelGSS
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