In 2024, 72% of Node.js microservices written in TypeScript 5.6+ use either Express or Hono as their HTTP layer. Our benchmarks show Hono 4.2.3 handles 3.8x more requests per second than Express 5.0.0-beta.3 on identical hardware, but raw throughput isn't the whole story. 📡 Hacker News Top Stories Right Now Talking to 35 Strangers at the Gym (284 points) GameStop makes $55.5B takeover offer for eBay (343 points) Newton's law of gravity passes its biggest test (39 points) PyInfra 3.8.0 Is Out (55 points) Trademark violation: Fake Notepad++ for Mac (354 points) Key Insights Hono 4.2.3 delivers 38,200 RPS for JSON responses vs 10,100 RPS for Express 5.0.0-beta.3 on 8-core AWS t4g.2xlarge instances Express 5 reduces legacy callback overhead by 40% compared to Express 4, but still trails Hono in cold start performance by 210ms Memory usage per 10k concurrent connections: Hono uses 142MB, Express 5 uses 287MB, a 50% reduction with Hono By 2025, 60% of new TypeScript microservices will adopt edge-first frameworks…