146: Humans vs AI—Fight!

On this episode: Rust has another convert, npm takes another stab at stopping the hackers, and Jack had a coding battle against robots.

Timestamps:

• 1:00 - Bun switches to Rust
• 6:45 - Jack’s battle against AI on Greenfield Games
• 16:01 - npm RFC to block install scripts
• 22:10 - State of Web Dev AI survey results
• 37:10 - Mark Erikson joins the AI revolution
• 41:45 - What’s making us happy

News:

• Paige - Bun, but in Rust
• Jack - Jason Lengstorf’s Greenfield Games TV show
• TJ - npm RFC to block install scripts

Lightning News: 

• State of Web Dev AI survey results
• Mark Erikson joins the AI revolution

What Makes Us Happy this Week:

• Paige - Riding in Waymos
• Jack - Wilma the Bat Dog for the Portland Pickles
• TJ - Dungeon Crawler Carl book series

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