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Deno 2.8 Pushes Node Compatibility to 75%, Rolldown 1.0, and Mini Shai-Hulud | News | Ep 67

May 21, 2026 / 01:03:39/E67 Download MP3

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.

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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 Type-safe Wrapper Around ffmpeg
(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