TypeScript.fm - The Friendly Show for TypeScript Developers

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)

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 <time> 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)

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)