October 21, 2025

15 npm Deps to Replace (Axe 'em), Remix Remixed (Again), and TS in Space (Not Really) | News | Ep 40

57 minutes

News of the week of October 13, 2025: Node 25 brings V8 perf update, Remix reinvents itself once again, TypeScript in your DB, and why Map upsertions will be celebrated by TS devs. From the community: 15 npm packages you no longer need, Deno's side projects, Snoop L. O. Double G., and how to write architecture assertions.

Chapters

(00:00) - Welcome to the Show

(04:50) - News: Happy National AWS Outage Day!

(06:00) - News: Remix Has Remixed Itself Once Again Into V3

(08:59) - News: TypeScript in Space! ... TimeDB

(12:06) - News: Node 25 Brings New V8 Updates and Network Permissions

(14:30) - News: Lit HTML Joins Open JS Foundation

(16:05) - News: Announcing Vite+ Blog Post

(20:44) - News: ECMAScript Upsert Proposal and ESBuild Can Now Import Raw Bytes

(22:57) - Community Highlight: 15 Recent Node Features That Replace npm Packages

(31:07) - Community Highlight: Deno's Other Open Source Projects

(33:29) - Library Watch: SnoopLogg for CLI Logging Across Runtimes

(34:41) - Library Watch: ArchUnitTS, an Architecture Testing Library

(37:40) - Community Highlight: oxfmt is 2-3X Faster Than Biome and 45X Faster Than Prettier

(38:46) - Discussion: Got the Nx Blues? Try Moonrepo

(40:48) - Community Highlight: Enforcing Strict Object Properties in TypeScript

(42:18) - Community Highlight: Watch Web Dev Simplified Struggle Through Type Challenges

(43:10) - Community Highlight: TypeScript's Coding Guidelines Are Not For Us

(44:37) - Cool Watches: Rolldown Internals and Beyond Signals

(45:21) - Cool Tip: Don't Forget About AbortController

(46:01) - Cool Tool: SpriteFusion Tile Map Editor

(46:47) - Cool Product: Stylish Solar Shingles

(49:15) - The Minnesota Long Goodbye

News

Happy National AWS Outage Day!
Remix: Remix Jam 2025 (4 hours) announced V3, built on Preact (3min and 20min summaries, plus reddit discussion)
SpacetimeDB 1.6 adds beta support for TS modules
Node 25 is out (bsky summary by Rafael)
Lit joins Open JS Foundation
VoidZero: New blog post with details around Vite+
ECMAScript News: Map Upsert proposal heralded by TS devs (h/t Rob Palmer)
ECMAScript News: Import bytes lands in ESBuild (+ Deno, Bun, and webpack) (h/t Rob Palmer)

From the Community

NodeSource: 15 Recent Node.js Features that Replace Popular npm Packages
Deno: Deno's Other Open Source Projects
Library Watch: SnoopLogg v6.0.4, a CLI logging library
Library Watch: LukasNiessen/ArchUnitTS, an architecture testing library
Evan You: oxfmt is 2-3X faster than Biome and 45X faster than Prettier
Reddit: What Happened to Nx? and an alternative hidden gem, Moonrepo
TypedRocks: This New TypeScript Utility Type Prevents Hard-To-Find Bugs!
WebDevSimplified: Will I Survive These Advanced TypeScript Challenges?

Cool Stuff

Cool Watch: Alexander Lichter on Rolldown: How Vite bundles at the speed of Rust
Cool Watch: Beyond Signals by Ryan Carniato (Solid.js creator)
Cool Tip: Stefan reminds us that AbortController is a thing
Cool Product: SunStyle solar shingles actually look nice

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