Deno 2.8 Pushes Node Compatibility to 75%, Rolldown 1.0, and Mini Shai-Hulud | News | Ep 67 - TypeScript.fm - The Friendly Show for TypeScript Developers | Lyssna här

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 TypeScript Media Encoder and Decoder Library
(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

News

Deno: 2.8 release is hot off the press
VS Code: VS Code type checked with TS 7 Native Preview
Bun: Rust Port is Looking More Official
VoidZero: Announcing Rolldown 1.0
GitHub: GitHub takes aim at Claude Code and Codex with its new Copilot app and yes, you can bring your own model
PSA: Reminder update your Next.js
TanStack: Hardening TanStack After the npm Compromise
Socket: Active Supply Chain Attack Compromises @antv Packages on npm...
Socket: Popular node-ipc npm Package Infected with Credential Stealer

Library Watch

Vitest 4.1.6 and 5.0.0-beta.3: Security updates
Styleframe 3.7.0, TS design system engine, comes with a new playground
Mediabunny is a TypeScript library for media encoding/decoding on the client and server

From the Community

LogRocket: TypeScript v6 is here: A full migration guide
SpacetimeDB: Let's talk benchmarks
Wasp: 5 Years and $5M Later: Inventing a New Programming Language for Web Development Was a Mistake
Express: A New Look for Express
Anders: Microsoft Lead: "AI will NEVER Replace Coders, Here's Why"
Anders: TypeScript, C# and Turbo Pascal with Anders Hejlsberg
Jo Franchetti: npm install && pray — Defending Your Stack from Code You Didn't Write
Lucas Barake: Next Era of TypeScript | Effect.ts × AI
Node.js: Promote Alpine Linux out of experimental to be a tier 2 platform
dax.land lets you develop shell scripts that run the same everywhere
Bleet of the week

Cool Links

Joy of Code: Why Everyone Is Excited About HTML In Canvas
Futo: A Beginner's Guide to Immich
adef: The Math Behind the Exodia Draw in Episode 1 of YuGiOh
Web Dev Simplified: The Best Local Agentic Coding Workflow (Complete Guide)
Chrome Developer Blog: Declarative partial updates

Music
Seahorse Dreams by Kubbi (Spotify)

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