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July 30Type-aware Linting Stable in oxlint, Qwik v2 Beta, and Octane Turns Up the Heat on React | News | Ep 75
News for the week of July 20, 2026: Oxlint type-aware linting is now stable, Qwik v2 is now in beta, and the successor to Inferno is lighting up React. From the community: must-watch talks from Software Should Work conference, why Node.js can't harden against prototype pollution, and practical TypeScript tips learned while building a Trello clone.
Sponsored by Excalibur.js
Excalibur.js is the free and open source friendly TypeScript 2D game engine for the web. Learn to make web games with TypeScript or JavaScript! Excalibur comes out-of-the-box with everything you need, like physics, sprites, animations, sound effects, and first-party plugins for popular 2D gamedev tools.
Homepage and Docs: https://excaliburjs.com
Make Your First Game in 10 Minutes
Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/9UemP985Uy

Chapters
(00:00) - Welcome to the Show
(03:45) - Tooling: WebStorm Adds TypeScript 7 to the IDE
(04:34) - Tooling: TypeScript 7.1 Compiler API is in Progress
(05:32) - Tooling: Type-aware Linting is Now Stable in oxlint
(08:24) - Tooling: New Buz Runtime is a Bun Port in Modern Zig
(10:48) - Tooling: TypeScript 7 is Getting Some Perf Improvements
(11:23) - Metaframeworks: Solid.js Getting a Rewrite in Rust?
(12:53) - Metaframeworks: Qwik v2 Beta is Official
(15:16) - Metaframeworks: Next.js July Security Release is Available
(17:13) - Web: TypeScript AI Conference Videos Are Up
(18:05) - Web: A Bunch of TC39 Proposals Advance
(20:27) - Web: Octane, Successor to Inferno is a New React Alternative
(23:46) - Web: Firefox 153 with Quality of Life Updates
(26:22) - Security: Malicious Corepack Site Was Tricking People Into Downloading Malware
(28:32) - Security: Wordpress Exploit is Pretty Darn Bad
(29:49) - Security: White House Launches Gold Eagle Initiative
(30:54) - Library Watch: scriptc, Compiles TypeScript to Native Binaries
(33:50) - Library Watch: API Extractor Helps You Build Better TS Library Packages
(35:35) - Library Watch: knip Keeps Knipping Its Own Performance
(35:52) - Library Watch: TanStack Markdown and Highlight
(36:48) - Library Watch: webpack 105.9 Ships Zero-config Bundling
(39:39) - Community: Jim's TrueType QR Code Font
(40:11) - Community: Software Should Work Conference Videos Are Up
(41:18) - Community: MochaJS is Sponsoring Other Open Source Projects
(41:43) - Community: Effect Miami 2 Talks Are Up
(42:05) - Community: Antony Jones Shares Practical TypeScript Benefits, Pitfalls, and Patterns That Paid Off
(43:09) - Community: Jon Sagara Upgrades Microsoft.TypeScript.MSBuild to v7
(43:57) - Community: Rachel Johnson Will Teach You To Build Express APIs in TypeScript
(44:21) - Community: Matteo Collina Says No, We Can't Harden Node.js Against Prototype Pollution
(45:43) - Community: Matia Makes the Web Fun Again with Pretext
(47:43) - Cool Link: I Tried Coding My Own Graphics Library
(48:37) - Cool Link: nitter.net Lets You Follow People on X or Get RSS Feeds
(49:36) - The Minnesota Short Goodnight
News
Developer Tooling
TypeScript 7 in JetBrains WebStorm
TypeScript v7.1 is cooking
Oxlint: Type-Aware Linting Stable
Buz: A drop-in replacement for Bun using modern Zig
Metaframeworks
SolidJS rewritten in Rust?
Qwik v2 Beta is official
Next.js: July 2026 Security Release
Web
TypeScript AI: The only conference for TypeScript AI developers
More ECMAScript Proposals Advanced
Octane announced, successor to Inferno (React, compiled)
Browsers
Firefox 153: See All New Features, Updates and Fixes
Security
Socket: Beware of fake Corepack site (since taken down)
Wordpress: Wordpress Exploit is Absolutely Beautiful
Socket: White House Launches Gold Eagle Initiative to Manage Surge in AI-Discovered Vulnerabilities
Library Watch
Scriptc: https://github.com/vercel-labs/scriptc
API Extractor: Validate and track breaking changes on output typings
Knip is k-nipping perf
Introducing TanStack Markdown and TanStack Highlight
Webpack 5.109: Zero-config bundling for new projects
From the Community
Jim: TrueType QR code font
Software Should Work conference
Andrew Kelly’s Talk Don't Take the Black Pill - Andrew Kelley | SSW 2026
Alexis King The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Constructive Data Modeling - Alexis King | SSW 2026
Fil-C Real Memory Safety Fil-C: Garbage In, Memory Safety Out! - Filip Pizlo | SSW 2026
Joshua Goldberg: Mocha is donating to other projects: Knip, @nodejs.org, Prettier, and Unified
Effect: Effect Miami 2 videos landed
Antony Jones: TypeScript in Practice: Benefits, Pitfalls and Patterns That Paid Off
Jon Sagara: Upgrading Microsoft.TypeScript.MSBuild to v7.0.0
Rachel Johnson: FreeCodeCamp: Build Bullet-Proof APIs in Express w/ TS
Matteo Collina:
54 min
July 21Announcing TypeScript 7, Bun 1.4 is in Rust, and Vite+ Beta | News | Ep 74
News for the first half of July, 2026: TypeScript 7 is now generally available, Bun's Rust port will be official in v1.4, plus Nuxt 4.5, and Astro 7.1 updates. From the community: Tangled is the new hotness, a tool that can refactor TypeScript, and a modern CSS theming guide.
Sponsored by Excalibur.js
Excalibur.js is the free and open source friendly TypeScript 2D game engine for the web. Learn to make web games with TypeScript or JavaScript! Excalibur comes out-of-the-box with everything you need, like physics, sprites, animations, sound effects, and first-party plugins for popular 2D gamedev tools.
Homepage and Docs: https://excaliburjs.com
Make Your First Game in 10 Minutes
Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/9UemP985Uy

Chapters
(00:00) - Welcome to the Show
(09:12) - Tools: TypeScript 7 is Now Stable and Available
(13:06) - Tools: Vite+ is Now in Beta
(15:17) - Tools: Vite 8.1 Brings Experimental Bundle Dev Mode
(17:40) - Tools: Nx 23 Supports Angular 22 and TypeScript 6
(18:25) - Runtimes: Bun is Ported to Rust from Zig
(25:22) - Runtimes: Node 26.5.0 Brings Experimental Import Text Support
(25:40) - Runtimes: Deno 2.9.2 Speeds Up Across the Board
(26:39) - Metaframeworks: Nuxt 4.5 Ships Major Upgrades to Build Layer
(27:46) - Metaframeworks: Astro 7.1 Lets You Run Multiple Dev Servers at Once
(28:57) - Metaframeworks: Next.js Formalizes Security Release Schedule
(29:52) - Browsers: Chrome 150 Brings Declarative Updates
(30:51) - AI: New Kimi K3 Open Weight Model Tops the Coding Leaderboards
(31:51) - AI: 1Password Can Let Agents Securely Use Credentials
(34:21) - Security: More npm Packages Compromised in Ongoing Supply Chain Attacks
(34:44) - Security: npm 12 Ships with Install Scripts Off by Default
(37:11) - Library Watch: Zenolith Rendering Engine
(38:30) - Library Watch: Box3D for 3D Physics Simulations
(39:18) - Library Watch: Porffor is Now Self-Hosted, Faster, and More Efficient
(40:56) - Library Watch: Updated WebGPU Types for TS 6 and 7
(41:35) - Library Watch: rslint 0.7 is TS-first, ESLint-compatible, and 30% Faster
(42:16) - Library Watch: magic-string Reaches 1.0
(43:26) - Library Watch: Effect V4 Beta
(44:02) - Community: Daniel Roe's SyncHub Helps You Mirror GH Repos to Tangled
(47:21) - Community: Jared Forsyth's Dosido Helps You Refactor TypeScript
(48:37) - Community: Una Kravetz Teaches You How to Do Modern CSS Theming
(49:54) - Community: Jake Archibald's Journey Customizing Select Heights
(51:38) - Community: Visualize Data Structures and Algorithms Step-by-Step
(53:28) - Community: Joss Mackison Has TypeScript Opinions
(54:35) - Community: Jessica Wachtel Dives Deep Into Understanding WebAssembly
(55:02) - Community: James Randall Recreated the BBC Micro Game 'Exile' in TypeScript
(55:55) - Community: Berlin TypeScript Meetup
(56:10) - Bleets of the Week
(57:46) - Cool Link: Email Verification API in Chrome Origin Trial
(01:01:29) - Cool Link: Coding ASMR Videos
(01:03:18) - The Minnesota Long Goodbye
News
Announcing TypeScript 7.0
Announcing Vite+ Beta
Vite 8.1 is out!
Nx 23.1 Is Here: Per-Run Performance Reports, TypeScript 6, and Angular 22
Rewriting Bun in Rust
Node 26.5.0: Experimental text imports
Deno 2.9.2 perf wins
Nuxt 4.5
Astro 7.1
Next.js Security Release and Our Next Patch Release
Chrome 150: Post by @tunetheweb.com — Bluesky
Kimi K3 tops Arena's coding leaderboard — and it's open-weight
1Password's new browser integration for Claude changes how AI uses your credentials
jscrambler npm Package Compromised in Supply Chain Attack
npm v12 Ships With Install Scripts Off by Default, Begins Deprecating 2FA-Bypass Tokens
Library Watch
Zenolith a renderer engine : r/typescript
Box3D!!? @erincatto.bsky.social on Bluesky
Porffor is now self-hosted
TypeScript WebGPU types
Rslint 0.7: TypeScript-first, ESLint-compatible, and 30% faster than v0.6
magic-string 1.0
Effect v4 beta
From the Community
Daniel Roe: Built synchub.io to mirror GH to Tangled
Jared Forsyth: Automate typescript refactors with dosido
Una Kravets: Modern CSS theming with light-dark(), contrast-color(), and style queries
Jake Archibald: The Goldilocks customizable select height
nyaomaru: I Built a Tool to Visualize Data Structures and Algorithms
Joss Mackison: TypeScript with Opinions
Jessica Wachtel: WebAssembly is everywhere. Here's how it works
James Randall: BBC Micro 'Exile' recreation in TS
Prisma: TS Berlin meetup, July 31
Bleet of the Week
Bonus Bleet of the Week
Cool Links
1 hr 17 min
July 02TypeScript, Agents, and What Skills Will Matter Tomorrow | Kent C Dodds | Ep 73B
In this episode, we interview Kent. C Dodds, a prolific developer educator and TypeScript fan, to talk about his new courses and where he sees the future of software development going. Should you still learn to code in 2026? What skills will still be valuable 5 or 10 years from now? And how is he using agents day-to-day in his own work?
Sponsored by Excalibur.js
Excalibur.js is the free and open source friendly TypeScript 2D game engine for the web. Learn to make web games with TypeScript or JavaScript! Excalibur comes out-of-the-box with everything you need, like physics, sprites, animations, sound effects, and first-party plugins for popular 2D gamedev tools.
Homepage and Docs: https://excaliburjs.com
Make Your First Game in 10 Minutes
Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/9UemP985Uy

Chapters
(00:00) - Meet Kent C. Dodds, Developer Educator
(04:44) - Should You Still Bother to Learn TypeScript in 2026?
(08:21) - Everyone Has Knowledge Gaps No Matter Your Experience
(10:42) - The Role of Agents in Software Development
(15:34) - AI Lowers the Barrier of Entry But It Doesn't Raise Your Ceiling
(17:36) - What Skills Will Become More Valuable in the Future?
(25:59) - How Agents Are Taking Lower-Value Work
(30:35) - Where Does TypeScript Fit in This Future?
(34:02) - Practical TypeScript Foundations for Fluency
(39:07) - Interactive and Cohort-based Learning
(41:27) - From Zero to Hero with TypeScript
(46:09) - How Kent Integrates AI-assisted Learning
(48:30) - Kent's Tips on Working with Coding Agents
(55:28) - Where to Find Kent Online
Kent's Links
Practical TypeScript: Foundations for Fluency
EpicWeb.dev
Epic AI
Call Kent Podcast
Music
Seahorse Dreams by Kubbi (Spotify)
58 min
June 23TypeScript 7 RC, a Bun-like DX for Node.js, and k8s in the Browser | News | Ep 72
News for the week of June 15, 2026: TypeScript 7 RC, Astro 7, Babel 8, React Router 8, and a new Bun-like DX for Node.js. From the community: k8s simulated in the browser, relocating rigor, and which frameworks cost the most tokens.
Sponsored by Excalibur.js
Excalibur.js is the free and open source friendly TypeScript 2D game engine for the web. Learn to make web games with TypeScript or JavaScript! Excalibur comes out-of-the-box with everything you need, like physics, sprites, animations, sound effects, and first-party plugins for popular 2D gamedev tools.
Homepage and Docs: https://excaliburjs.com
Make Your First Game in 10 Minutes
Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/9UemP985Uy

Chapters
(00:00) - Welcome to the Show
(05:13) - News: TypeScript 7 RC Announcement
(07:32) - News: nub, Bun-like DX on Top of Stock Node.js
(10:51) - News: React Compiler Rust Rewrite Rolling Out
(12:18) - News: Astro 7, Faster Than Ever
(13:31) - News: React Router 8, a Big Boring Release (In a Good Way)
(14:55) - News: Babel 8, ESM-only, Separate Polyfill Injection
(18:14) - News: Localized Time Element HTML Proposal
(19:43) - News: Chrome Third-party DevTools Integration for Agents
(22:20) - Security: Node.js Patched for High Severity CVEs
(23:56) - Security: Over 140 Mastra npm Packages Compromised
(25:47) - Security: GH Actions Will Now Block pull_request_target
(26:42) - Security: npm Malware is Trying to Thwart AI Scanners with Prompt Injection
(30:10) - Security: Socket MCP Server Update
(30:33) - Library Watch: Mastro.js Now with Zero Deps
(31:01) - Library Watch: MapKit.js 6 for Embedding Apple Maps
(31:24) - Library Watch: Monogatari 2.8, Visual Novel Engine in TS
(32:51) - Community: Addy Osmani on Agentic Code Reviews
(36:59) - Community: Relocating Rigor by Chad Fowler
(42:08) - Community: Generating Endless "I Spy" from Wikipedia by Neal Agarwal
(42:40) - Community: Webernetes, k8s in the Browser by Sam Rose
(43:42) - Community: Josh Goldberg on JS Tooling, Future of Web Dev
(44:01) - Community: Evan You on Joining Cloudflare by Red Monk
(44:22) - Community: ShopTalk on TypeScript Complaints
(46:28) - Community: The Token Cost of Frameworks by Andrey Kucherenko
(49:33) - Community: Is It Worth Learning to Code in 2026? by Lost Relic Games
(51:07) - Bleet of the Week
(53:22) - Cool Link: Making a Brick Tower Using Shaders
(54:50) - Cool Link: Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson
(55:44) - The Minnesota Long Goodbye
News
Typescript: Announcing TypeScript 7.0 RC
Nub: A bun-like DX on top of Node.js
React: New React Compiler in Rust rolling out
Astro: Astro 7.0 is out!
React Router: React Router v8 release
Babel 8: Releasing Babel 8 today: ESM-only, drop ES5 default, and a smooth migration path
TC39: Localized element
Chrome: Introducing third-party developer tools for Chrome DevTools for agents
Node: Thursday, June 18, 2026 Security Releases
Socket.dev
Mastra package compromise
GH blocking pull_request_target
NPM malware using prompt injection
MCP updates
Library Watch
Mastro: Now with Zero Dependencies
Webkit: Discover MapKit JS 6: Rebuilt for Today’s Web Developer
Monogatari 2.80: TypeScript rewrite
From the Community
Addy Osmani: Agentic Code Review
Chad Fowler: Relocating Rigor
Neal Agarwal: Endless I Spy
Sam Rose: K8s in browser
Josh Goldberg: Biome and the future of JS tooling
Red Monk: Kate Holterhoff interviews Evan You about joining Cloudflare
ShopTalk: TypeScript Complaints, Slowing Down, and AT Proto Protocols
Andrey Kucherenko: Framework token tax
Lost Relic Games: Should You Still Learn To Code in 2026?
Bleet of the Week
Cool Links
Coding a brick tower (Shader toy)
Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson
Music
Seahorse Dreams by Kubbi (Spotify)
1 hr 10 min
June 16Stack Overflow for Agents, Nuxi Agent, and Safari 27 Beta | News | Ep 71
News for the week of June 8, 2026: Nuxi agent helps you learn Nuxt, Stack Overflow builds a dedicated knowledge base for agents, and new talks from Web Engine Hackfest and JSNation available for your viewing pleasure. From the community: explaining the `unknown` type, template literal type cheatsheet, and understanding how standard.site works with ATproto.
Sponsored by Excalibur.js
Excalibur.js is the free and open source friendly TypeScript 2D game engine for the web. Learn to make web games with TypeScript or JavaScript! Excalibur comes out-of-the-box with everything you need, like physics, sprites, animations, sound effects, and first-party plugins for popular 2D gamedev tools.
Homepage and Docs: https://excaliburjs.com
Make Your First Game in 10 Minutes
Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/9UemP985Uy

Chapters
(00:00) - Welcome to the Show
(06:11) - News: Introducing Nuxi Agent for Nuxt.js
(07:20) - News: Stack Overflow for Agents
(13:42) - News: Web Engine Hackfest and JSNation 2026 Conferences
(15:37) - News: What's New in Safari 27 from WWDC
(17:14) - Security: Node.js High Sev Patches Slated Around June 17
(17:48) - Security: US Government Yanks Back Claude Fable After Launch
(19:43) - Library Watch: Mastro.js ATProto Helper
(20:25) - Library Watch: fallow, a Code Quality Impact Analyzer for Agents
(22:57) - Library Watch: rspack Adding Source Phase Imports for WASM
(23:34) - Library Watch: SAP UI5 TypeScript 6 and 7 Updates
(24:19) - Community: Boston TS Club Wants You to Speak
(24:44) - Community: TypeScript Template Literal Cheatsheet
(25:18) - Community: The "unknown" Type by Software Dev Diaries
(26:42) - Community: Where Rust Wins by Francesco Ciulla
(27:40) - Community: Understanding Standard.site by Mat Marquis
(30:39) - Community: Building GNOME Apps with TS by Philip Chimento
(32:20) - Community: Life on an ESM in Node.js by Joyee Cheung
(33:16) - Community: Introduction to Three.js Shader Language (TSL)
(35:05) - Secret of the Handbook: Performance Tips
(36:15) - Cool Link: How Close Were Dinosaurs to a Stone Age?
(37:26) - Cool Link: Ocarina of Time Remake
(37:57) - Cool Link: JavaScript for Everyone Course by Mat Marquis
(38:52) - The Minnesota Long Rant
News
Nuxt: Meet Nuxi, an agent for Nuxt.js
Stack Overflow: Announcing Stack Overflow for Agents
Conferences: 2026 Web Engine Hackfest and JSNation 2026
WWDC: Safari 27 Spec Compliant ESM Loader
Node: Wednesday, June 17, 2026 Security Releases
Socket: US Government Forces Anthropic to Pull Claude Fable Days After Launch
Library Watch
mastrojs/atproto standard.site helper (bsky)
fallow-rs/fallow: Codebase intelligence for TypeScript and JavaScript
RSPack: adding import source
SAP UI5: TypeScript 6 and 7 – What UI5 TypeScript Developers Need to Know in 2026
From the Community
Boston TypeScript Club call for speakers
Josh is speaking on TS 7
Slicker.me: Template Literal Types Cheatsheet
Software Developer Diaries: TypeScript's "unknown" Type Explained
Francesco Ciulla: Rust and Web Development in 2026: Where It Actually Wins
Mat Marquis: https://wil.to/posts/standard-site/
Philip Chimento: JavaScript and TypeScript on 2025’s GNOME (Slides)
JumpLink: Games on Linux using GJSify
Joyee Cheung: Life of an ESM in Node.js – and How It's Changing for the Better (Slides)
Alvaro Dev Labs: Intro to TSL - WebGPU Shaders without GLSL
Maxime Heckel: Field Guide to TSL and WebGPU
Secret of the Handbook: TypeScript perf wiki
Cool Links
How Close Were Dinosaurs To A Stone Age?
Nintendo direct Ocarina of Time Remake!
JavaScript for Everyone by Mat Marquis
Music
Seahorse Dreams by Kubbi (Spotify)
50 min
June 11VoidZero Joins Cloudflare, New npm 12 Security Defaults, and Angular 22 | News | Ep 70
News for the week of June 1, 2026: VoidZero joins Cloudflare, npm 12 will fix security defaults, and Angular 22 is out. From the community: tips every TS developer should know, how numpy-ts got faster than native, and recent developer talks you should pay attention to.
Sponsored by Excalibur.js
Excalibur.js is the free and open source friendly TypeScript 2D game engine for the web. Learn to make web games with TypeScript or JavaScript! Excalibur comes out-of-the-box with everything you need, like physics, sprites, animations, sound effects, and first-party plugins for popular 2D gamedev tools.
Homepage and Docs: https://excaliburjs.com
Make Your First Game in 10 Minutes
Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/9UemP985Uy

Chapters
(00:00) - Welcome to the Show
(06:33) - News: TypeScript Updates from MS Build 2026
(07:24) - News: VoidZero Joins Cloudflare
(09:06) - News: Angular 22 Brings Stable Signal Forms
(12:37) - News: TypeScript 7 Bugs Squashed
(14:40) - Security: npm 12 Changing Security Defaults
(15:59) - Security: Mini Shai-Hulud Affects Red Hat Cloud Services Packages
(16:26) - Security: pnpm 11.5 Now Supports Staged npm Publishing
(17:58) - Library Watch: modalyze, a React Modal Library
(18:24) - Library Watch: ts-defold
(19:04) - Community: TypeScript Tips Everybody Show Show by Matt Smith
(20:42) - Community: Making numpy-ts as Fast as Native by Nico
(21:42) - Community: SHA-256 in TypeScript Types by Monty Anderson
(22:32) - Community: JSHeroes 2026 Talks are Live
(23:44) - Community: F/Thank You by Pawel
(25:04) - Community: Kubernetes and Retiring at the Top by Kelsey Hightower
(26:07) - Community: Why Modern Languages Don't Look Like C by rats159
(27:03) - Community: What Bun Can Tell Us About AI, OSS, and Anthropic by Red Monk
(29:32) - Bleet of the Week
(29:58) - Cool Link: Making an E-bike Motor from Scratch
(30:32) - Cool Link: Visual Illusion With Purple Dots
(31:08) - The Minnesota Long Goodbye
News
Daniel Rosenwasser: TypeScript updates from MSBuild 2026
Cloudflare: VoidZero is Joining Cloudflare
Google: What’s new in Angular v22
TypeScript Bug Fixes: TS7 literal correction and a type--stripping bug
GitHub: Upcoming breaking changes for npm v12
Socket: Mini Shai-Hulud Campaign Hits Red Hat Cloud Services npm Packages
Socket: pnpm 11.5 Adds Support for Recognizing npm Staged Publishes ...
Library Watch
Modalyze - React modal library
ts-defold - Scaffold Defold games in TypeScript
From the Community
Matt Smith: AllThingsSmitty/typescript-tips-everyone-should-know
Nico: Making numpy-ts as fast as native
Monty Anderson: SHA-256 in TS Types (via MiTS)
JSHeroes talks live:
Daniel Roe: Working Backwards
Dominic: Using knip to Remove 28k Lines of Code
Pawel: F***/Thank You
Kelsey Hightower: Kubernetes and retiring at the top with Kelsey Hightower
Rats159: Why newer languages don't declare variables like C
Red Monk: What Bun Can Tell Us About AI, Open Source and Anthropic
Bleet of the Week
Cool Links
I Built an E-Bike Using My From-Scratch Electric Motor
Purple dot illusion
Music
Seahorse Dreams by Kubbi (Spotify)
39 min
June 02Astro 6.4, Rust's Restriction on LLMs, and Why tsgo Uses So Much Memory | News | Ep 69
News for the week of May 25, 2026: Astro's new Markdown processor API, Rust's take on LLM authorship, and new stage 4 TC39 proposals. From the community: highlights.
Sponsored by Excalibur.js
Excalibur.js is the free and open source friendly TypeScript 2D game engine for the web. Learn to make web games with TypeScript or JavaScript! Excalibur comes out-of-the-box with everything you need, like physics, sprites, animations, sound effects, and first-party plugins for popular 2D gamedev tools.
Homepage and Docs: https://excaliburjs.com
Make Your First Game in 10 Minutes
Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/9UemP985Uy

Chapters
(00:00) - Welcome to the Show
(03:32) - News: Astro 6.4 Has a New Markdown Processor API
(06:16) - News: What's New in Svelte, June 2026
(07:01) - News: Rust Moves to Restrict LLM Use for rust/lang
(13:25) - News: Porffor.dev is Now Served From a Native TS Binary
(14:45) - News: Several ECMAScript Proposals Moving to Stage 4
(18:10) - Security: Malicious Postinstall Hooks Found in 700+ GH Repositories
(20:22) - Library Watch: Replacements.fyi Helps Find Replacement Libraries
(21:52) - Library Watch: Sandcastle Helps You Sandbox Local Coding Agents
(23:30) - Library Watch: rspack Now Has Better Cross-module Tree-shaking
(25:42) - Library Watch: Thales Compiles TypeScript to Lean 4 Proof Language
(27:03) - Community: 2ality Going Offline for Awhile
(28:46) - Community: Hardening npm Publishing by Jovi de Croock
(33:51) - Community: Why Does tsgo Use So Much Memory?
(35:38) - Community: Fixing TS Perf Problems, a Case Study by Viget
(36:33) - Community: Rust-Inspired TypeScript by Rijk van Zanten
(37:22) - Community: Speeding Up the JavaScript Ecosystem with oxlint and oxfmt by Marvin Hagemeister
(38:40) - Community: Is AI Causing a Repeat of Frontend's Lost Decade? by Mauro Bieg
(41:14) - Community: 4 Component Scoped CSS Techniques by Mauro Bieg
(43:28) - Building Type-Safe APIs with Hano
(44:00) - Community: Using Effect.ts in OpenCode by Dax Raad
(44:30) - Community: Tip on Object.assign Typing vs. Runtime Behavior
(45:46) - Bleet of the Week
(47:08) - Cool Link: Building OpenCode with Dax Raad
(49:28) - Cool Link: Mina the Hollower
(50:22) - The Minnesota Long Goodbye
News
Astro: Astro 6.4
Svelte: What’s new in Svelte: June 2026
Socket: Rust Moves to Restrict LLM Use in Contributions After Months of Internal Debate
Porffor: porffor.dev is now served from a TS native binary
ECMAScript Corner
Stage 4: Explicit resource management
Stage 4: Atomics.pause
Stage 4: Iterator methods
Security: Malicious Postinstall Hook Found Across 700+ GitHub Repositories, Including Packagist and Node.js Projects
Library Watch
replacements.fyi helps you find safer npm package alternatives (via Inautilo)
Sandcastle sandboxes your coding agents (Matt Pocock)
Rspack gets smarter about cross-module tree shaking
Thales is a TypeScript Compiler for the Lean proof language (via jessealama)
From the Community
2ality: Going offline for awhile (Buy Dr. Axel's books!)
Jovi de Croock: Secure npm publishing
Zack Overflow: Why does tsgo use so much memory?
Viget: Fixing TypeScript Performance Problems: A Case Study
Rijk van Zanten: Rust-Inspired Typescript
Marbin Hagemeister: Speeding up the JavaScript ecosystem - oxlint and oxfmt
Mastro: Is AI causing a repeat of Frontend’s Lost Decade?
Mastro: Four ways to do component-scoped CSS without a complex build step
Web Dev Simplified: How To Build A Production Ready API - Auth, JWT, API Keys
Dax Raad: Effect at OpenCode | Dax Raad | Effect Miami 🇺🇸 2026
JP: Object.assign’s type annotation doesn’t match runtime behavior
Bleet of the week
Cool Links
Erik: Building OpenCode with Dax Raad
Kamran: Mina the Hollower
Music
Seahorse Dreams by Kubbi (Spotify)
1 hr 7 min
May 28Claw Patrol, Google I/O, and npm Awakens From Slumber | News | Ep 68
News for the week of May 18, 2026: Claw Patrol! Claw Patrol! We'll be there on the double! Also, npm finally responds to ongoing supply chain attacks. From the community: using Effect more effectively, and AI's impact on open source.
Sponsored by Excalibur.js
Excalibur.js is the free and open source friendly TypeScript 2D game engine for the web. Learn to make web games with TypeScript or JavaScript! Excalibur comes out-of-the-box with everything you need, like physics, sprites, animations, sound effects, and first-party plugins for popular 2D gamedev tools.
Homepage and Docs: https://excaliburjs.com
Make Your First Game in 10 Minutes
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Chapters
(00:00) - Welcome to the Show
(05:07) - News: Claw Patrol is an Open Source Security Firewall by Deno
(06:54) - News: Deno 2.8 Release Notes
(08:08) - News: Google I/O Takeaways
(13:26) - News: Firefox 151 Features and Updates
(16:05) - Security: npm Wakes Up to Supply Chain Attacks
(21:26) - Security: Laravel Lang Compromised with Backdoor
(23:00) - Library Watch: mediabunny Works in Your Browser Without ffmpeg
(24:09) - Library Watch: TSBin is a JSBin Clone for TypeScript
(25:52) - Community: AI Has Taken Over Open Source by Socket
(28:53) - Community: Ergonomic Effect by Alex Leung
(31:47) - Community: Building Your Own Server in Node.js by James Smith
(33:09) - Bleet of the Week
(33:37) - Cool Link: Witch Hat Atelier Magic System Simulator
(34:45) - Cool Link: Stormlight Archives by Brandon Sanderson
(36:22) - Cool Link: No One's Happy
(37:22) - The Minnesota Long Goodbye
News
Deno: Claw Patrol: an open-source security firewall for agents
Deno: 2.8 blog post
Google: 15 Updates from Google I/O
WebAuthN Immediate Mode: https://github.com/MasterKale/webauthn-polyfills
Firefox: Firefox 151.0, See All New Features, Updates and Fixes
npm: npm Invalidates Granular Access Tokens as Mini Shai-Hulud Sweeps the Registry
Laravel: Laravel Lang Compromised with RCE Backdoor Across 700+ Versions
Library Watch
Mediabunny: Correction, it does not depend on ffmpeg
https://tsbin.com/p/new
From the Community
Socket: AI Has Taken Over Open Source
Alex Leung: Ergonomic Effect
James Smith: BYO Web Server in Node
Bleet of the week
Cool Links
I Built a Witch Hat Atelier Spell Simulator
No One’s Happy
Music
Seahorse Dreams by Kubbi (Spotify)
44 min
May 21Deno 2.8 Pushes Node Compatibility to 75%, Rolldown 1.0, and Mini Shai-Hulud | News | Ep 67
News for the week of May 11, 2026: Deno 2.8 brings Node compatibility to 75%, Bun's Rust port is taking shape, and more supply chain sadness. From the community: SpacetimeDB's JS engine is faster than Rust, scrapping a custom DSL in favor of TypeScript, and why Effect is good for AI agents.
Sponsored by Excalibur.js
Excalibur.js is the free and open source friendly TypeScript 2D game engine for the web. Learn to make web games with TypeScript or JavaScript! Excalibur comes out-of-the-box with everything you need, like physics, sprites, animations, sound effects, and first-party plugins for popular 2D gamedev tools.
Homepage and Docs: https://excaliburjs.com
Make Your First Game in 10 Minutes
Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/9UemP985Uy

Chapters
(00:00) - Welcome to the Show
(05:34) - News: Deno 2.8 Brings Node Compat to Just Over 75%
(07:57) - News: VS Code Codebase Type Checked by TS 7
(08:15) - News: Bun's Rust Port Coming in Next 1.4 Release
(13:55) - News: Rolldown 1.0 Released
(17:32) - News: GitHub Takes Aim at Claude Code and Codex with New Copilot App
(18:58) - PSA: Upgrade Next.js Due to Recent CVEs
(19:52) - PSA: TanStack Supply Chain Incident Post-mortem
(23:48) - PSA: Ongoing Mini Shai-Hulud Supply Chain Attack
(27:22) - PSA: node-ipc Infected with Credential Stealer
(30:56) - Library Watch: Vitest 4.1.6 and 5.0.0-beta.3 Security Updates
(31:15) - Library Watch: styleframe is a TypeScript Design System Engine
(32:23) - Library Watch: mediabunny, a TypeScript Media Encoder and Decoder Library
(34:08) - Community: Migrating to TypeScript 6 by LogRocket
(34:48) - Community: SpacetimeDB JS Engine Outperforms Rust
(37:21) - Community: Inventing a New Language Was a Mistake by Wasp
(40:31) - Community: Express.js Revamp
(41:18) - Community: Anders on Why AI Will Never Replace Developers
(41:46) - Community: Interview With Anders on Turbo Pascal, C#, and TS
(41:59) - Community: npm install && pray by Jo Franchetti
(42:22) - Community: Next Era of TypeScript with Effect by Lucas Barake
(43:21) - Community: Node.js Alpine Linux Feedback
(44:32) - Community: dax.land, Shell Scripting Everywhere
(45:13) - Bleet of the Week
(45:47) - Cool Link: Why HTML in Canvas is Cool
(46:23) - Cool Link: Beginners Guide to Immich, a Self-hosted Google Photos Alternative
(46:55) - Cool Link: The Math Behind Exodia's Draw in Yu-Gi-Oh!
(47:18) - Cool Link: Best Local Agentic Coding Workflow by Web Dev Simplified
(49:59) - Cool Link: Declarative Partial Updates Web Standard
(53:31) - The Minnesota Long Goodbye
News
Deno: 2.8 release is hot off the press
VS Code: VS Code type checked with TS 7 Native Preview
Bun: Rust Port is Looking More Official
VoidZero: Announcing Rolldown 1.0
GitHub: GitHub takes aim at Claude Code and Codex with its new Copilot app and yes, you can bring your own model
PSA: Reminder update your Next.js
TanStack: Hardening TanStack After the npm Compromise
Socket: Active Supply Chain Attack Compromises @antv Packages on npm...
Socket: Popular node-ipc npm Package Infected with Credential Stealer
Library Watch
Vitest 4.1.6 and 5.0.0-beta.3: Security updates
Styleframe 3.7.0, TS design system engine, comes with a new playground
Mediabunny is a TypeScript library for media encoding/decoding on the client and server
From the Community
LogRocket: TypeScript v6 is here: A full migration guide
SpacetimeDB: Let's talk benchmarks
Wasp: 5 Years and $5M Later: Inventing a New Programming Language for Web Development Was a Mistake
Express: A New Look for Express
Anders: Microsoft Lead: "AI will NEVER Replace Coders, Here's Why"
Anders: TypeScript, C# and Turbo Pascal with Anders Hejlsberg
Jo Franchetti: npm install && pray — Defending Your Stack from Code You Didn't Write
Lucas Barake: Next Era of TypeScript | Effect.ts × AI
Node.js: Promote Alpine Linux out of experimental to be a tier 2 platform
dax.land lets you develop shell scripts that run the same everywhere
Bleet of the week
Cool Links
Joy of Code: Why Everyone Is Excited About HTML In Canvas
Futo: A Beginner's Guide to Immich
adef: The Math Behind the Exodia Draw in Episode 1 of YuGiOh
Web Dev Simplified: The Best Local Agentic Coding Workflow (Complete Guide)
Chrome Developer Blog: Declarative partial updates
Music
Seahorse Dreams by Kubbi (Spotify)
1 hr 4 min
May 12Vibe-porting Galore, Remix 3 Beta, Node 26, and the Internet Falling Down | News | Ep 66
News for the weeks of April 27 and May 4, 2026: Rust ports galore, Remix 3 is ready to rumble, and lots of security PSAs that are breaking the Internet. From the community: boring web dev, cross-framework templating with TSRX, and TypeScript features wishlist.
Sponsored by Excalibur.js
Excalibur.js is the free and open source friendly TypeScript 2D game engine for the web. Learn to make web games with TypeScript or JavaScript! Excalibur comes out-of-the-box with everything you need, like physics, sprites, animations, sound effects, and first-party plugins for popular 2D gamedev tools.
Homepage and Docs: https://excaliburjs.com
Make Your First Game in 10 Minutes
Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/9UemP985Uy

Chapters
(00:00) - Welcome to the Show
(02:45) - News: tsz is a Vibe-ported TypeScript Go Compiler to Rust
(07:45) - News: Bun Experiments with Rust Port from Zig
(10:23) - News: pnpm Core Officially Being Ported to Rust as Pacquet
(13:13) - News: Astro 6.3 with Experimental Advanced Routing
(14:06) - News: Remix 3 Beta is Ready to Kick the Tires
(17:06) - News: Nuxt.js Has a New Agent
(18:31) - News: SvelteKit Now Supports TS 6.0
(19:03) - News: Node 26 Brings Stable Temporal API, Experimental FFI
(23:02) - News: Chrome 148 Ships Prompt API No One Wants
(28:50) - News: Behind the Scenes Hardening Firefox
(35:20) - PSA: Multiple Critical Linux Exploits, Copy Fail and Dirty Frag
(38:55) - PSA: React 19 and Next.js Vulnerabilities
(40:34) - PSA: TanStack Packages Compromised
(42:07) - PSA: vm2 Critical Vulnerabilities
(43:05) - PSA: cPanel is Being pwned Across the Web
(44:42) - Library Watch: Laravel TypeScript Type Generator
(45:31) - Library Watch: motion.dev JavaScript Animation Library
(46:25) - Library Watch: Temper Lets You Build Cross-language Libraries
(48:36) - Library Watch: Wavedash is a Backend for Multiplayer Games
(49:37) - Library Watch: Flue, a TypeScript Agent Harness Framework
(49:59) - Highlight: Rebuilding Zork in TypeScript and React
(50:59) - Highlight: TSRX, a TS-driven Templating Library
(53:29) - Highlight: I Went Back to Boring Web Dev and I'm Not Sorry by Andre Klein
(55:41) - Highlight: TypeScript Features Wishlist by Cinnamon
(57:22) - Highlight: JSON.parse vs. stringify Date Handling Tip
(57:59) - Bleet of the Week
(58:37) - Cool Link: Shader Playground
(59:38) - Cool Link: Recreating the PSP from Cast Acrylic
(01:00:02) - Cool Link: Cascade Radiance for Realistic Lighting
(01:01:10) - Cool Link: Inside Out Money Podcast
(01:02:39) - The Minnesota Long Goodbye
News
tsz vibe-port of Go compiler to Rust
Bun experimental Rust port
pnpm port to Rust officially called pacquet
Astro 6.3
Remix 3 Beta Preview
Introducing the Nuxt Agent
SvelteKit: Now Supports TS 6.0
Node.js 26.1.0 (Current)
New in Chrome 148, the controversial Prompt API
Behind the Scenes Hardening Firefox
PSA: Malicious npm Package Brand-Squats TanStack to Exfiltrate Environment Variables
PSA: TanStack Packages Compromised
PSA: Linux exploits, Copy Fail and Dirty Frag, including WSL2 on Windows
PSA: React and Next.js Hit With 12 Security Flaws — Three Let Attackers Bypass Auth, Hijack Servers
PSA: vm2 Node.js Library Vulnerabilities Enable Sandbox Escape and Arbitrary Code Execution
PSA: cPanel & WHM Authentication Bypass CVE-2026-41940
Library Watch
Laravel TS Annotations
Motion.dev – Effortless Animation For The Web
Temper: Cross-language *libraries* with Temper: Interview
Wavedash for multiplayer apps
Flue: TypeScript agent harness, BYOM and build your own agents
From the Community
Chad Loder: Zork in TypeScript+React
Ryan Carniato: Exploring TSRX w/ Dominic Gannaway
André Klein: I Went Back to Boring Web Dev, and I'm Not Sorry
Cinnamon: Feedback for TypeScript
Jonathan Bones: JSON.parse vs JSON.stringify date handling
Bleet of the week
Cool Links
Excalibur.js contributor Justin has a Shader Editor
I re-created the PSP
Exploring a New Approach to Realistic Lighting: Radiance Cascades
Inside Out Money podcast – if you like friends yapping about money
Music
Seahorse Dreams by Kubbi (Spotify)
1 hr 14 min

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