{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"TypeScript.fm - The Friendly Show for TypeScript Developers","title":"npmx.dev, Chrome 145 Devtools, and K'nipping Yaks | News | Ep 56","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/c5f65179\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2976,"description":"News for the week of Feb 16, 2026: npmx.dev is a better frontend for npm, Chrome 145 includes some cool new toys, and we figure out that Knip is pronounced with a hard-K. From the community: fun with generics, Next.js adds an MCP server, and why OSS maintainers need to breaks (as should we all).\nChapters\nSponsored by Excalibur.js\nExcalibur.js is the free and open source friendly TypeScript 2D game engine for the web. Learn to make web games with TypeScript or JavaScript! Excalibur comes out-of-the-box with everything you need, like physics, sprites, animations, sound effects, and first-party plugins for popular 2D gamedev tools.\nHomepage and Docs: https://excaliburjs.com\nMake Your First Game in 10 Minutes\nJoin the Discord: https://discord.gg/9UemP985Uy\n\nNews\nWatch our TS 6.0 “Read Along” Vodcast!\nTS native preview got a 6.4X perf increase for “remote” AST materialization\nnpmx.dev is not a package manager\nChrome: What's new in DevTools (Chrome 145)\nSafari: 26.4 beta improves CSS grid support\nLibrary Watch\nKnip includes monorepo memory optimizations\n@wasmgroundup/emit lets you build WASM with TypeScript for better learning\nTempest can generate types from PHP files\nrunner shaved the yak until it got bald  \nFrom the Community\nDeno: https://deno.com/blog/build-a-game-with-deno-6 \nNext.js: Building Next.js for an agentic future \nShop Talk Show: TC39 and how it works (via Rob Palmer) \nThe Register: OSS Maintainers take a break (via Daniel Roe) \nFrontend Masters: Fun with TypeScript Generics\nCool Links\nCool Watch: 400 car batteries wired together!! \nCool Tool: FragCoord is a ShaderToy alternative\nCool Game: TypeScript version of BBC Micro game\nCool Code: YootTower is the OG SimTower source code\nMusic\nSeahorse Dreams by Kubbi (Spotify)","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}