TypeScript.fm - The Friendly Show for TypeScript Developers

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 speakersJosh 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)

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)

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 CornerStage 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)

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
Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/9UemP985Uy

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/OWebAuthN 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)

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)