TypeScript.fm - The Friendly Show for TypeScript Developers

News for the week of March 9, 2026: it's VoidZero all the way down, seriously. From the community: TanStack makes hotkeys simple, plus how good are AI agents at playing Runescape?

Sponsored by Excalibur.js
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
  • (05:53) - News: Vite 8 is Here!
  • (11:18) - News: Vite+ Alpha is Free and Open Source
  • (16:12) - News: VoidZero Launches void.cloud to Deploy Your Vite App
  • (20:17) - PSA: Hold Onto Your Butts for More Node Security Releases
  • (21:27) - Library Watch: Vitest 4.1 Adds Test Tags
  • (23:56) - Library Watch: Video.js v10 Beta
  • (26:06) - Library Watch: Effect v4 Beta
  • (28:07) - Library Watch: SyncPack v14 Syncs Monorepo Deps
  • (30:03) - Library Watch: angular-doctor Checks Health of Angular Apps
  • (30:56) - Community Highlights: Rust-like Error Handling in TS
  • (32:51) - Community Highlight: TanStack Hotkeys by Web Dev Simplified
  • (33:59) - Community Highlight: QR Code Engine in TS by Adam Surgenor
  • (34:44) - Community Highlight: Modern TypeScript Packaging by Francois Best
  • (35:31) - Community Highlight: Runebench Scores AI Agents on How Well They Play Runescape
  • (38:08) - Community Highlight: How Go Devs See TS 7 by Cup O Go
  • (39:16) - Bleets of the Week
  • (40:23) - Cool Link: Calculate Pi from Coin Flips by Stand-up Maths
  • (41:14) - Cool Link: Pi in the Sky Game by Coding Train
  • (41:37) - Cool Tool: Overtype, a Hassle-free Markdown Editor
  • (43:35) - The Minnesota Long Good Night

News
Library Watch
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!