{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"TypeScript.fm - The Friendly Show for TypeScript Developers","title":"Astro is Skyward Bound, Stable require(esm), and Temporal Finally Ships | News | Ep 52","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/fc51d6e6\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1935,"description":"News for the week of January 12, 2026: Astro finds a new home, Chrome ships Temporal API, and latest Node marks require(esm) as stable. From the community: type-safe UI, how TypeScript differs at dev-time vs runtime, and Deno's (impressive) latency under load.Sponsored by Excalibur.jsExcalibur.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.Homepage and Docs: https://excaliburjs.comMake Your First Game in 10 MinutesJoin the Discord: https://discord.gg/9UemP985UyChaptersNewsAstro: The Astro Technology Company joins Cloudflare Theo: Cloudflare takes on Next.js Astro: Astro 6 Beta Node 25.4.0 is out: Joyee Cheung BSky ThreadChrome 144: Temporal shipped, Safari its your turn (via Andy Bell)Sarah Gooding: Temporal API Ships in Chrome 144, Marking a Major Shift for JavaScript Date Handling (via Rob Palmer)Temporal PolyfillDifferential serving / bundling by Jeremy WagnerLibrary Watch: Ohm (via JavaScript Weekly Issue 768: January 13, 2026)PSA: Fastify Express middleware can be bypassedFrom the CommunityDaniel Rosenwasser found a latent bug in TS 6.0 with BOMs and strict testingAndrew Hathaway: Type-Safe User Interfaces & the Manifest Pattern Carlos Menezes: Forcing TypeScript to be exhaustive Deno: P99 Latency is 72% Lower Than Node.jsDeno: Deno 2.6.5 Adds WebP and GIF Support to createImageBitmap Ariel Shulman: Typescript. Runtime. And in Between. - Ariel Shulman - NDC Copenhagen 2025 Syntax/Coding Garden: you should be using dev containersColum Kelly: useOptimistic Won't Save You (via React Weekly Issue #3) Callstack: Announcing: React Native Best Practices for AI Agents (via React Weekly Issue #3)Cool LinksCool Buy: Game Boy™ 72046 LEGO setCool Link: Global Game Jam  is happening!Cool Code: Wave Function Collapse by...","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}