TypeScript.fm - The Friendly Show for TypeScript Developers

News for the week of January 5, 2026: patch all your Node.js installations! Like now! Plus, a new TypeScript ESLint fixer for unused imports. From the community: why we all suck at logging, the concise TypeScript book, and all the JS engines in one page.

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Excalibur.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.
Chapters

  • (00:00) - Welcome to the Show
  • (05:59) - News: Node.js Patch Tuesday
  • (12:13) - News: Astro 2025 Year in Review
  • (13:19) - News: What's New in ViteLand, December 2025
  • (13:41) - News: TypeScript ESLint 8.5.3 Adds Unused Import Fixer
  • (14:16) - Library Watch: Typique, Bundler Agnostic CSS-in-TS
  • (19:04) - Community Highlight: JS Engine Zoo by Ivan Krasilnikov
  • (21:24) - Community Highlight: Logging Sucks by Boris Tane
  • (24:49) - Community Highlight: Optique Sync/Async Mode Support by Hongmin Lee
  • (25:44) - Community Highlight: Use Vitest Projects by How to Test Frontend
  • (26:27) - Community Highlight: The Concise TypeScript Book by Simone Poggiali
  • (28:08) - Community Highlight: Syntax.fm with Dimitri on Type Slayer
  • (29:02) - Community Highlight: Jake Bailey's GopherCon Talk Now on YT
  • (29:47) - Community Highlight: Things-viz, Visualize Your Things 3 Todo Lists
  • (30:40) - Bleet of the Week
  • (31:09) - Secret of the Handbook: Decorators
  • (33:47) - Cool Link: TransparentTextures.com
  • (34:25) - Cool Link: FreeToUse.com
  • (35:11) - Cool Product: Mighty-3 Music Player
  • (37:51) - The Minnesota Long Goodbye

News
From the Community
Cool Links
Music
Seahorse Dreams by Kubbi (Spotify)


Creators and Guests

Host
Erik Onarheim
Self-professed Neovim Dandy 🎩 Software developer in Minneapolis ⛄I created a game engine for the web called Excalibur 🗡
Host
Kamran Ayub
Solopreneur, speaker, and Pluralsight author. Founder of KeepTrackOfMyGames.com.

What is TypeScript.fm - The Friendly Show for TypeScript Developers?

The two TypeScript Fools, Kamran Ayub and Erik Onarheim, get together weekly to bring you news, community highlights, and deep dives into the TypeScript ecosystem. Stay up-to-date on what's happening and learn new things to make you a better TypeScript developer along the way!