News for the week of Feb 16, 2026: npmx.dev is a better frontend for npm, Chrome 145 includes some cool new toys, and we figure out that Knip is pronounced with a hard-K. From the community: fun with generics, Next.js adds an MCP server, and why OSS maintainers need to breaks (as should we all).

Chapters

• (00:00) - Welcome to the Show

News

• Watch our TS 6.0 “Read Along” Vodcast!
• TS native preview got a 6.4X perf increase for “remote” AST materialization
• npmx.dev is not a package manager
• Chrome: What's new in DevTools (Chrome 145)
• Safari: 26.4 beta improves CSS grid support

Library Watch

• Knip includes monorepo memory optimizations
• @wasmground/emit lets you build WASM with TypeScript for better learning
• Tempest can generate types from PHP files
• runner shaved the yak until it got bald  

From the Community

• Deno: https://deno.com/blog/build-a-game-with-deno-6 
• Next.js: Building Next.js for an agentic future 
• Shop Talk Show: TC39 and how it works (via Rob Palmer) 
• The Register: OSS Maintainers take a break (via Daniel Roe) 
• Frontend Masters: Fun with TypeScript Generics

Cool Links

• Cool Watch: 400 car batteries wired together!! 
• Cool Tool: FragCoord is a ShaderToy alternative
• Cool Game: TypeScript version of BBC Micro game
• Cool Code: YootTower is the OG SimTower source code

Music
Seahorse Dreams by Kubbi (Spotify)