{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"TypeScript.fm - The Friendly Show for TypeScript Developers","title":"TypeScript Won, Type-safe Regex, and Import from... Python? | News | Ep 42","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/2cd63947\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3239,"description":"News for the week of October 27, 2025: TypeScript is the #1 language on GitHub, making your Regex type-safe, and Biome adds support for three new metaframeworks. From the community: a metaframework for Angular, PHP in JS, and a polyglot runtime that will blow your mind.\nChapters\nNews\nOctoverse: TypeScript is the most used language on GitHub 🎉\nBun: Vercel now supports the Bun Runtime \nArkType: Introducing ArkRegex (Reddit, Discord, Bluesky)\nAikaido: Introducing Safe Chain: Stopping Malicious npm Packages Before They Wreck Your Project\nBiome 2.3 supports Vue, Svelte, Astro, and more. \nVoidZero: What’s New in ViteLand: October 2025 Recap\nFrom the Community\nFriend of the Show Josh Goldberg is looking for a full time position 👀\nAnalogJS 2.0 is a metaframework for Angular with SSR/SSG and file-based routing\nAlexander Lichter: Wait - PHP IN JS!? What is rendu\nElide is a polyglot runtime, think: import Python modules from TypeScript\nTool Watch: acrazing/dpdm: Detect circular dependencies in your TypeScript projects\nLibrary Watch: gorango/flowcraft: A lightweight workflow engine \nTool Watch: Trigger.dev, a hosted agentic workflow engine\nFabi.dev quick tip: Do you know the difference between || and ??\nmuszynov: How to use the infer keyword in Typescript\nCool Links\nCool Watch: 10 useful CLI apps I'm guessing you've not heard of\nCool Watch: Oliver Medhurst - Porffor - JavaScript Ahead of Time Compiler \nCool Watch: Ladybird browser update (October 2025) \nCool Tool: Gimli Tailwind – a super hot looking TailwindCSS dev extension\nCool Tool: PowerSync – local-first sync engine that works with Postgres, MySQL, and MongoDB\n\nSponsored by Excalibur.js\nExcalibur.js is the friendly TypeScript 2D game engine for the web. Use your TypeScript or JavaScript skills to make games! Excalibur comes out-of-the-box with everything you need to make web games, like physics, sprites, animations, sound effects, input, tile maps, particles, and more.\nHomepage and Docs: https://excaliburjs.com\nMake...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/LUVFPtghCfQs9Z5cmq099b61B1Uvk41woCYRjlvHUak/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9jY2Ew/ZThkMTZkZGNiN2E2/Mzc1MmI5NWI0ZjU0/YjA3MS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}