About this episode
A new year, a new tactic to stem the flow of npm supply chain attacks. This time, the proposal is for “Staged Publishing” which introduces a review window that a package owner must approve before a package release becomes publicly available.Vercel Labs is out with a new AI tool called json-render that lets users generate dashboards, widgets, apps, and data visualizations from prompts, and constrains the response to JSON for only components pre-defined by the user.Finally, The Simpsons character Ralph Wiggum is the biggest thing in AI coding recently. Ralph is an AI development pattern using a while loop (like a bash script) to repeatedly run an AI agent on the same task, feeding its output back as context, and forcing it to iterate until a specific completion promise is met, rather than letting the AI stop prematurely. Interesting? Yes! Useful in practice? Still tbd.Chapter Markers:1:04 - npm to implement staged publishing8:16 - Vercel’s json-render16:13 - Ralph Wiggum loops30:53 - Claude Code tips33:52 - Firefox 147 and anchor positioning35:42 - Fire starter39:40 - What’s making us happyNews:Paige - npm to implement Staged PublishingJack - Vercel Labs’ json-renderTJ - Ralph Wiggum loopsLightning News: Firefox 147 and anchor positioningFire Starters:CSS @container scroll-state()What Makes Us Happy this Week:Paige - Rolife Book Nook Garden House miniatureJack - Blade Runner live at the symphonyTJ - Coffee advent calendarsThanks as always to our sponsor, the Blue Collar Coder channel on YouTube. You can join us in our Discord channel, explore our website and reach us via email, or talk to us on X, Bluesky, or YouTube.Front-end Fire websiteBlue Collar Coder on YouTubeBlue Collar Coder on DiscordReach out via emailTweet at us on X @front_end_fire
