Episode Details

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

• Microsoft Announces TypeScript Native Previews
• Zod 4 is officially released 🎉
• Reports of Denos Demise are greatly exaggerated
• You 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 JavaScript
• Tsdown now has unbundle support (h/t sxzz.dev)
• Vite now has a Rolldown preview too
• MS Build: Anders gave a talk on TypeScript native port
• Jake Bailey built a tool called ts-to-go
• Jake Bailey will also be speaking about TS Go at Gophercon
• super-utils-plus: modern lodash alternative that's TypeScript-first by Dhaxor (Gain John)
• How To Create a Simple TypeScript Library That Runs Everywhere (2025) 
• Tsc.run – A TypeScript-first serverless framework (via Reddit)
• Looking for a TS job? The TypeScript.jobs board folks are looking for feedback (via Reddit)
• MIT T