Trivikram Kamat

@nikomatsakis.com explains why Rust, Python, and TypeScript are going to become dominant languages going forward.

It's due to increasing use of AI coding. We're moving towards idea-oriented programming which weakens people’s loyalty to programming languages.

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Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.

`JSON.stringify()` is going to be fast in V8 13.8

v8.dev/blog/json-st...

Announcing Node-API Support for React Native We are bringing Node-API to React Native to simplify native module development. Learn why this ABI-stable, cross-runtime system could replace JSI and unlock faster builds, better maintainability, and ...

Announcing Node-API Support for React Native
callstack.com/blog/announc... #reactnative #nodejs

The many, many, many JavaScript runtimes of the last decade This last decade has seen an inundation of new JavaScript runtimes (and engines in equal measure), enabling us to run JavaScript in all manner of contexts...

The many, many, many JavaScript runtimes of the last decade goes through all the places where JavaScript runs, and where we've attempted to make it run

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quic: continuing work on impl using openssl 3.5 by jasnell · Pull Request #59342 · nodejs/node More work on the implementation

Got quic in Node.js making progress again now that openssl 3.5 has landed, and finished another chapter in the book. Productive weekend. github.com/nodejs/node/...

Announcing TypeScript 5.9 - TypeScript Today we are excited to announce the release of TypeScript 5.9! If you’re not familiar with TypeScript, it’s a language that builds on JavaScript by adding syntax for types. With types, TypeScript mak...

TypeScript 5.9 is now available! 📣

This release brings:

✅ An updated tsc --init
✅ Type-checking for the new 'import defer'
✅ Actual summaries in more DOM APIs
✅ Expandable quick info hovers (✨preview✨)

and more! Read up more on our blog:

devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/a...

Node.js — Node.js v22.18.0 (LTS) Node.js® is a free, open-source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment that lets developers create servers, web apps, command line tools and scripts.

Node.js 22.18.0 is out and enables type stripping by default – that’s right, Node.js LTS can now run TypeScript files. Shout out to @marcoippolito.dev for championing that effort! Download links and full changelog available at nodejs.org/en/blog/rele...

Faster Type-Aware Lint Rules: Biome vs. Oxlint ESLint and TypeScript-ESLint are indispensable. Their type-aware rules—no-floating-promises, the entire no-unsafe-* family, and dozens more—have become the back

I agree that the direction to bet on ts-go seems better. In any case, I'm excited for fast type-aware linting:

www.solberg.is/fast-type-aw...

Active Supply Chain Attack: npm Phishing Campaign Leads to P... Popular npm packages like eslint-config-prettier were compromised after a phishing attack stole a maintainer’s token, spreading malicious updates.

🚨 Active supply chain attack on npm:
Multiple Prettier tooling packages were compromised through the phishing campaign we published about just hours ago. Watch out for more compromised accounts and malicious packages.

Follow-up: socket.dev/blog/npm-phi... #nodejs #npm

Updates are now available for the 24.x, 22.x, 20.x Node.js release lines.

Details: nodejs.org/en/blog/vuln...

📣 Follow the discussion: #Nodejs may move from biannual to yearly major releases to simplify support and ease maintainer workload.

📆 LTS could go from 30 to 24 months
🧩 Odd/even release lines may be unified
🙏 Thanks to @rafaelgss.dev for the proposal!

github.com/nodejs/Relea...

Node.js v24.4.0 is out! 💚

What's new?

• crypto.hash() supports outputLength (XOF)
• fs.mkdtempSync() gets disposable mode
• --watch-kill-signal lands
• permission.has('addon') is now supported
• spawn() propagates permission flags
• sqlite adds readBigInts

More in: nodejs.org/en/blog/rele...

me: it’s just a website
our web team: hold my keyboard ⌨️🔥

Let 'em know what you think 👇

Announcing TypeScript 5.9 Beta - TypeScript Today we are excited to announce the availability of TypeScript 5.9 Beta. To get started using the beta, you can get it through npm with the following command: npm install -D typescript@beta Let’s tak...

TypeScript 5.9 Beta just went out! Try it in your project and let us know what you think:

devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/a...

What's new in ECMAScript 2025 | pawelgrzybek.com A short summary of every new feature added to the ECMAScript specification this year, with easy-to-follow, illustrative examples. A bunch of great new features.

✨ New post

Every year when the new version of ECMAScript is confirmed, I like to summarise the new additions with easy-to-follow, practical examples. Here you are, the one for 2025. Enjoy 😘

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#javascript #ecmascript

It’s so frustrating that there is this illusion that we are all 49%/49% right now. Us versus them, good versus bad, and it’s all because of the BS that is the electoral system. It’s very likely 70% versus 30% and we’re just not seeing representative government.There’s just no common sense right now

Node.js has added many features in recent years, and this blog post summarizes it pretty well

If you're writing a Node.js application in 2025, you should consider using these.

kashw1n.com/blog/nodejs-...

How to Write Compelling Software Release Announcements Effective writing for software developers

So many release announcements just enumerate new features without connecting them to real use cases, essentially just a fancy changelog. A good release announcement should excite users. And it should NEVER include the phrase "various bugfixes and improvements." refactoringenglish.com/chapters/rel...

Ecma International approves ECMAScript 2025: What’s new?
2ality.com/2025/06/ecma...

#JavaScript #ECMAScript #2ality

People outside tech starting to realize how quality software and typing/generating code fast are not correlated

Node.js Homepage Adds Paid Support Link, Prompting Contribut... A new Node.js homepage button linking to paid support for EOL versions has sparked a heated discussion among contributors and the wider community.

Over the weekend, Node.js quietly added a homepage button linking to paid third-party support for EOL versions.
This controversial move sparked pushback and now the TSC is weighing next steps.

Full story → socket.dev/blog/node-js... #NodeJS

Node.js — Node v24.3.0 (Current) Node.js® is a free, open-source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment that lets developers create servers, web apps, command line tools and scripts.

Node excitement 😉

Congrats to @pipobscure.com on landing and now shipping a more robust fs.watch in Node v24.3 🎉

Previously file system changes could be missed when fs.watch is used as async iterator.

nodejs.org/en/blog/rele...

github.com/nodejs/node/...

e18e Ecosystem Performance

huge thanks to @joshuakgoldberg.com , we now have an advocacy guide on @e18e.dev! this is great guidance since its not always clear how we should approach contributions, investigations, etc

Cover of the book “Exploring JavaScript (ES2025 edition)” by Axel Rauschmayer. It shows a rhinoceros.

Out now: “Exploring JavaScript (ES2025 edition)”
• Free to read online
• Lots of new content
• New: flashcards for learning the content and the standard library API
exploringjs.com/js/

#JavaScript

A screenshot of the Node.js website

If you visit the @nodejs.org website now, you'll see a new link telling about getting security support for older, no longer active Node.js versions ... What is this?

feat: use require to load esm by legendecas · Pull Request #5366 · mochajs/mocha PR Checklist Addresses an existing open issue: fixes 🐛 Bug: Node.js v23 testing with .ts files #5314, fixes 🐛 Bug: Syntax error with @babel/register, JSX and latest Node.js 20 LTS (require ESM) o...

Node excitement 😉

Congrats to @legendecas.bsky.social & @joshuakgoldberg.com on fixing Mocha to be compatible with Node's require(ESM) & type-stripping 🎉

This removes the last known blocker to unflagging type-stripping on Node v22 👍

github.com/mochajs/moch...

TypeScript is going Go: Why it's the pragmatic choice - LogRocket Blog Explore why the TypeScript team is porting the compiler to Go in TypeScript 7. Learn how this shift impacts performance, tooling, and the future of the TypeScript ecosystem.

@ashley-c.bsky.social and I have written a @logrocket.bsky.social post on our take on the TypeScript Go port. Many thanks to @joshuakgoldberg.com and @jakebailey.dev for their very useful input ❤️

blog.logrocket.com/typescript-g...

immigrants are great.

people who _choose_ a country often contribute more than those who received it by default.

they make it richer. literally and figuratively.

much love ❤️

Biome v2—codename: Biotype is here! The first type-aware linter that doesn't require tsc

🔐 Type-aware lint rules
🧑‍🚒 Plugins
📚 Monorepo support
📝 Revamped, configurable import sorting
🧐 Linter domains
🙅‍♀️ Bulk suppressions
👩‍✈️ Analyzer assist