Episode Details

News of the week of October 6, 2025: Highlights from ReactConf 2025, Bun 1.3's (delicious) security lede got buried, and how to buy lifetime access to someone's webcam for $500. From the community: CSS is cool again, Immer.js perf improvements, and why typed linting is blocked by ESLint core.

Chapters

• (00:00) - Welcome to the Show
• (05:52) - News: ReactConf 2025 Highlights
• (15:53) - News: Bun 1.3 Highlights
• (20:59) - News: VS 2026 Now Includes TypeScript 7 Native Preview
• (21:33) - News: TC39 Async Context
• (22:51) - News: TC39 Module Declarations
• (24:40) - News: TC39 Defer Import Evaluation Moves to Stage 3
• (25:11) - News: Vite+ Announcement
• (27:43) - PSA: StealIt Malware Uses Node SEAs to Bypass Scanners
• (30:26) - Community Highlight: Dr. Axel's Schools Us in CSS
• (32:07) - Community Highlight: Why Typed Linting is Blocked by ESLint Core
• (32:30) - Community Highlight: Immer.js Perf Improvements Landing Soon
• (33:25) - Community Highlight: Unofficial 1Password TS Library
• (35:02) - Community Highlight: Joke of the Week
• (35:21) - Cool Link: Kagi, the Premium Search Engine
• (39:19) - Cool Videos: Mojo, Simulating Smoke, and How UTF-8 Works
• (40:54) - Cool Link: Twoslash Provides Rich Type Metadata for Docs
• (41:51) - The Minnesota Long Goodbye

News

• ReactConf: React 19.2 dropped
• ReactConf: React Compiler 1.0 dropped (reminded Erik of this old ditty)
• ReactConf: React Foundation
• Bun 1.3 
• VS 2026 has TS 7 preview
• TC39: Module Declarations 
• TC39: Defer Import Eval advances to stage 3 
• Vite+ unifies enterprise JS tooling
• PSA: Stealit Malware Abuses Node.js Single Executable Feature via Game and VPN Installers

From the Community

• Dr. Axel: CSS: Learn the essentials quickly
• Josh Goldberg: Why typed linting optimization blocked by ESLint core 
• Library Watch: Immer.js perf improvements on the horizon
• Blog Post: Stopping Bad Actors: Inside 1Password’s Security Model 

Cool Stuff

• Cool Product: Kagi Search, the premium search engine you pay for
• Cool Video: GPU Programming and Language Design with Chris Lattner 
• Cool Video: Coding Adventure: Simulating Smoke
• Cool Video: UTF-8, Explained Simply
• Cool Library: Twoslash, generate TS metadata for interactive docs snippets
• Cool Read: Chris Coyier’s CSS starter
• Cool R