Nx debuts Polygraph, a "synthetic monorepo" that gives AI agents a unified view across microservice boundaries, Deno Desktop takes aim at Electron by compiling web projects into single-binary native apps, and fresh SignalFire hiring data shows engineers holding steady while designers and marketers take the cuts.

Timestamps

• 0:00 - Intro
• 1:41 - Polygraph meta-harness from the Nx folks
• 7:49 - Deno Desktop
• 12:39 - An update on the tech hiring landscape
• 24:42 - Dan Abramov joins Vercel
• 27:01 - Claude Code supports mouse clicks now
• 30:37 - Astro 7
• 31:08 - What's Making Us Happy

News

• Paige: Polygraph meta-harness from the Nx folks
• Jack: Deno 2.9 & Deno Desktop
• TJ: An update on the tech hiring landscape from SignalFire

Lightning News

• Claude Code supports mouse clicks now (i.e. Fullscreen rendering)
• Dan Abramov joins Vercel
• Astro 7

What's Making Us Happy

• Paige: Dungeon Crawler Carl
• Jack: Bird nests
• TJ: Shuffleboard

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