About this episode
News for the week of May 19, 2025: Try out the new TypeScript Go native port, Zod 4 is out, and no, Deno is not dead. Chapters(00:00) - Introduction and Personal News
(05:12) - News: TypeScript Native is in Preview!
(10:12) - News: Anders' Talk About TS Native at MS Build
(12:58) - News: Zod 4 is Officially Released
(15:51) - News: Reports of Deno's Demise Are Greatly Exaggerated
(17:23) - News: Importing JSON Across Major Browsers
(20:13) - News: Experimental node.config.json Support
(24:43) - Community Highlight: A Brief History of JavaScript by Deno.land
(25:40) - Community Highlight: tsdown Now Supports Transpile-only Unbundle Mode
(27:21) - Community Highlight: Vite's Rolldown Preview is Here
(28:19) - Community Highlight: Go Attend Jake Bailey's Gophercon TS Talk
(28:41) - Community Highlight: super-utils-plus, a Modern Lodash Alternative That's TypeScript-first
(29:17) - Community Highlight: tsc.run, a TypeScript Serverless Framework
(29:58) - Community Highlight: How to Create a TS Library That Runs Everywhere in 2025
(30:45) - Community Highlight: TypeScript.jobs Board is Looking for Feedback
(31:28) - Cool Stuff: Markdown Presentation Frameworks
(33:21) - Cool Stuff: Wookash Interview with Andreas Kling
(34:31) - Cool Stuff: Computers & Prime Numbers by Purple Mind
(34:51) - Cool Stuff: Playwright Testing Talk from MS Build
(35:15) - Cool Stuff: Reporting on AI's Energy Usage
(35:51) - Cool Stuff: Six Ways to Make Your Electron App Faster
(36:56) - Fun Stuff: My New Favorite Hobby is Watching Microsoft Employees Being Slowly Driven Insane by AI Copilot
LinksMicrosoft Announces TypeScript Native PreviewsZod 4 is officially released ?Reports of Denos Demise are greatly exaggeratedYou can now import json files across browsers (h/t stefanjudis.com)Experimental node.config.json support in Node 24.1.0 minor release (h/t aduh95)Deno’s brief history of JavaScriptTsdown now has unbundle support (h/t sxzz.dev)Vite now has a Rolldown preview tooMS Build: Anders gave a talk on TypeScript