TypeScript.fm - The Friendly Show for TypeScript Developers

News for the week of Feb 23, 2026: highlights from the State of JS survey, Node is revamping its release schedule, and Bun finally gets stage 3 decorator support. From the community: Deno's code-first sandboxes, typesafe `Map.has()`, and Electrobun rendering with WebGPU.

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Chapters

  • (00:00) - Welcome to the Show
  • (06:37) - News: State of JS Survey Insights
  • (16:48) - News: Deno 2.7 Marks Temporal API as Stable
  • (19:24) - News: Node 24.14.0 and 25.7.0 Releases
  • (21:13) - News: Node's New Release Schedule in 2027
  • (25:13) - News: Bun 1.3.10 Ships Stage 3 Decorators and Native REPL
  • (28:04) - News: WebMCP Becomes a W3C Standard
  • (33:20) - News: React Foundation Officially Launches
  • (34:57) - Library Watch: unbash Parses Bash in Pure TypeScript
  • (36:29) - Library Watch: decoders, a Zod-alternative That Reads Like TS
  • (37:30) - Community Highlight: What's New in ViteLand February 2026
  • (38:42) - Community Highlight: Safe Cloud Execution with Dino Sandboxes
  • (40:00) - Community Highlight: Fixing Map.has() by Typed Rocks
  • (41:12) - Community Highlight: The React Doctor Is In by Better Stack
  • (41:59) - Community Highlights: Electrobun with Native Window + WebGPU
  • (43:55) - Community Highlight: TypeScript Foundations Workshop by KCD
  • (45:33) - Cool Link: Firefox 148 Ships CSS shape() Support
  • (46:36) - Cool Link: Hank Green on Why AI Scares Him
  • (47:47) - Cool Link: Rebuilding Pokemon with OO Programming
  • (48:52) - Cool Link: MCP is Dead. Long Live the CLI.
  • (52:36) - Cool Cookies: Support My Girl Scout
  • (54:44) - The Minnesota Long Goodbye

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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!