Bun quietly swapped Zig for Rust and hit merge six days later, Jack enters the arena for a coding showdown against AI, and npm continues its endless quest to stop malware before it ruins everyone’s week. Just another weekly episode of @front-end-fire.com in the books!

Front-end Fire Podcast@front-end-fire.com · 2mo ago

Rust picked up another high-profile convert with @bun.sh, @npmjs.bsky.social again tries to save us from ourselves, and @jherr.dev tested humanity’s odds against AI in a head-to-head coding battle. Plus: Claude keeps winning hearts and terminals. Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/146/

On this week's @front-end-fire.com: more companies are citing AI while handing out pink slips, Zed enters the editor wars with a shiny Rust-powered 1.0, and TanStack becomes the latest victim of npm supply-chain nonsense. Meanwhile, Tailwind's out here making scrollbars fashion-forward.

Front-end Fire Podcast@front-end-fire.com · 3mo ago

Zed ships 1.0 and wants to pry devs away from their AI-powered @vscode.dev clones, @tanstack.com gets caught in the npm supply-chain blast radius, and another round of “AI layoffs” has everyone asking if robots are taking jobs—or just taking the blame. Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/145/

On this week's episode of @front-end-fire.com: pnpm clamps down on the supply chain chaos, yearly AI budgets are getting torched in the first 4 months of 2026, and Remix v3 goes all-in on owning the full stack.

Front-end Fire Podcast@front-end-fire.com · 3mo ago

AI tools are switching to “pay up” mode, @remix.run v3 wants to own your entire stack, and @pnpm.io rolls out stricter security defaults. Plus: @firefox.com finally explains why you have 47 tabs open. Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/143/

Leaked source code, compromised packages, and disappearing malware. It's another week of wild news in web development for Anthropic, Axios and more on this week's @front-end-fire.com.

Front-end Fire Podcast@front-end-fire.com · 4mo ago

Well... that wasn't supposed to happen 😬. @anthropic.com accidentally exposed Claude Code internals via @npmjs.bsky.social, Axios gets compromised with a self-deleting RAT 🚨, and @redwoodjs.com 1.0 goes all-in on @cloudflare.social. Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/139/

Netlify wants you to from idea → deployed app in minutes. Vite 8 is pushing build speeds to the limit, and Node.js is simplifying releases (and LTS) work forever. Big news on this week's @front-end-fire.com

Front-end Fire Podcast@front-end-fire.com · 5mo ago

Big moves at @netlify.com with Netlify Start—build and deploy apps from a prompt in minutes. @vite.dev 8 lands with massive performance gains, and no more guessing—every @nodejs.org release is now LTS 🔥. Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/137/

On this week's @front-end-fire.com: Astro 6 lands with a new dev server and experimental Rust compiler, Vite+ wants to be "the Laravel for JS", and Eleventy rebrands to Build Awesome.

Front-end Fire Podcast@front-end-fire.com · 5mo ago

. @voidzero.dev just open-sourced Vite+, a unified JS toolchain vision. The Awesomeverse gets awesomer as @11ty.dev becomes Build Awesome, and @astro.build 6.0 lands its first big release since being acquired by @cloudflare.social. Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/136/

On @front-end-fire.com this week: npm might finally be getting the UX it deserves with npmx👀, a new Bun release with performance boosts, and Solid 2.0 moves to beta. 🎇

Front-end Fire Podcast@front-end-fire.com · 5mo ago

It’s a rare non-AI episode! Instead, fresh @bun.sh just dropped 🍞, @npmx.dev is the UX we all want for npm, and @solidjs.com jumps straight from experimental to beta in v2. Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/135/

This week on @front-end-fire.com: Anthropic pushes back on military demands and launches Claude's new Remote Control feature, Cloudflare vibe codes a Next.js replacement, and someone accidentally connects to 7,000 robot vacuums worldwide. 😬

Front-end Fire Podcast@front-end-fire.com · 5mo ago

Claude gets remote control 👀, @anthropic.com refuses to hand over AI for unrestricted military use 💥, and @cloudflare.social ships an AI-built @nextjs.org replacement in a week. 🤯 Sounds made up? It’s not. Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/134/

On this week's @front-end-fire.com episode: the web… but markdown? 👀 We break down Cloudflare's real-time HTML-> MD plan, unpack Chrome's WebMCP, and run through the State of React 2025 survey results.

Front-end Fire Podcast@front-end-fire.com · 5mo ago

Survey season continues and React’s results are in 📊, Google wants agents to browse smarter, not harder with WebMCP, and @cloudflare.social plans to convert HTML to markdown, on demand, for AI agents. Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/133/

On today's episode of @front-end-fire.com: the JS survey results are in, Bun is #3, ChatGPT usage is down, and devs still want native TS. Plus: AI isn’t saving us time, Next.js is getting hacked again, and someone paid $70M for ai.com.

Front-end Fire Podcast@front-end-fire.com · 6mo ago

Devs are faster, busier, and more exhausted—thanks, AI? 🤖 We break down new @hbr.org research, dig into the State of JS 2025 results 👀, and flag new @nextjs.org exploits you need to know about. Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/132/

On this week's @front-end-fire.com: Rolldown 1.0 reaches RC with Rust-fueled speed and Rollup compatibility ⚡️ Plus: Yarn 6 joins the Rust migration, TanStack Start adds RSC support without inheriting React’s latest vulns, and Mozilla talks rebel alliances in the AI arms race.

Front-end Fire Podcast@front-end-fire.com · 6mo ago

. @tanstack.com Start now supports RSC 🔥—without the recent React RSC vulns, @yarnpkg.dev 6 is heading to Rust 🦀, and @rolldown.rs 1.0 hits RC with massive perf gains 🚀. Plus: @mozilla.org's "rebel alliance" against closed AI. 🎙️ Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/130/

Cloudflare adds Astro to its OSS portfolio, Ryan Dahl declares AI has won the coding syntax war, jQuery drops a surprise 4.0 release. Buckle up for the latest episode of @front-end-fire.com out now!

Front-end Fire Podcast@front-end-fire.com · 6mo ago

. @tinyclouds.org says humans writing code is over, jQuery celebrates 20 years with a modernized 4.0 release, and @cloudflare.social acquires @astro.build in the latest framework power move. Oh - and Apple makes an AI pivot. 💣👀 Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/129/

Have you heard of Ralph Wiggum loops? Have you used them? We cover their bizarre brilliance in @front-end-fire.com this week, along with npm’s staged publishing proposal and Vercel’s AI-driven UI tool. As always, it's a fun, interesting look at the latest in web dev.

Front-end Fire Podcast@front-end-fire.com · 7mo ago

The hottest new trend in AI coding? Ralph Wiggum loops 🤖. Plus, @vercel.com's new json-render AI UI tool, @npmjs.bsky.social's staged publishing proposal, and a Fire Starter that proves CSS keeps winning. 🌀 Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/128/

In our first @front-end-fire.com episode of 2026, we cover how AI’s impact on OSS gets real as Tailwind lays off 75% of its team, if folks are leaving Next.js for TanStack Start, and the libraries getting the most love on GitHub according to the JavaScript Rising Stars report.

Front-end Fire Podcast@front-end-fire.com · 7mo ago

- @t3.gg ditches @nextjs.org for @tanstack.com Start 🤯 - AI’s impact on OSS gets real as @tailwindcss.com lays off 75% of its team 🤖 - And JavaScript Rising Stars reveals the most-loved projects of 2025 ✨ Our first episode of 2026 is packed. 🚀 Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/127/

In our final episode of @front-end-fire.com for 2025, we look back at our past web dev takes, debate AI agents, SolidJS, outages & supply chain chaos, and wrap it all up with what kept us sane and happy this year. The holiday episode is LIVE 🎁

Front-end Fire Podcast@front-end-fire.com · 8mo ago

From revisiting our past web dev predictions, to bold 2026 forecasts about AI, HTML, and frameworks — and finally wrapping it all up with what kept us sane and happy this year. Our yearly holiday spectacular is here ❤️🎄 Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/126/

RSC security is still a mess, Anthropic gives MCP to the Agentic AI Foundation, and CSS Wrapped 2025 is packed with upgrades devs are already hyped for. We break it all down on this week's @front-end-fire.com.

Front-end Fire Podcast@front-end-fire.com · 8mo ago

- RSC devs: you’re patching again 😬 - @anthropic.com donates MCP to boost OSS cred - CSS Wrapped 2025 reveals 22 shiny new features you’ll want yesterday Oh, and Disney just invested $1B in OpenAI. New episode is LIVE — buckle up. Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/125/

Anthropic bought Bun (?!), TanStack joins the AI wars, security melted down with Shai-Hulud 2.0 on npm + a big React Server Component vulnerability exposed. The new episode of @front-end-fire.com covers all the chaos!

Front-end Fire Podcast@front-end-fire.com · 8mo ago

⚡ A unified SDK for AI apps? @tanstack.com says yes. 💥 @anthropic.com acquires @bun.sh to boost Claude Code 🛡️ Shai-Hulud 2.0 & RSC security issues shake JS devs everywhere We unpack EVERYTHING on this week's show 🎙️ Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/124/

AI IDEs, Tailwind for RN, and Rust getting booted?! In this episode of @front-end-fire.com, Google launches the Antigravity IDE, React Native devs get Tailwind-style classes, and Prisma 7 goes all-in on TypeScript, dropping Rust.

Front-end Fire Podcast@front-end-fire.com · 8mo ago

New episode! - 💥 Google's Antigravity IDE enters the ring - 🎨 Uniwind brings Tailwind syntax to @reactnative.dev - 🦀 @prisma.io swaps Rust for TS to slim down All that + @angular.dev v21, @cloudflare.social chaos & Firefox's AI tease. Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/123/

🔒 CI your npm publishes with confidence: in my blog, I show how to use GitHub Actions + reusable workflows to deploy to both beta & prod, and authenticate via OIDC (no more exposed npm tokens). www.paigeniedringhaus.com/blog/run-mul...

This week on @front-end-fire.com: Snapchat wants in on cross-platform dev with Valdi, GitHub goes all-in on Copilot-powered agents, and TanStack DB pushes DX forward (again) with Query-Driven Sync. Absolute chaos. Great episode.

Front-end Fire Podcast@front-end-fire.com · 9mo ago

- A new @reactnative.dev competitor? Yep — Snapchat just dropped Valdi 👀 - @github.com builds a full agent HQ for Copilot 🧠 - @tanstack.com DB v0.5 might change how you fetch data forever Plus: Firefox gets cuter & vibe coding becomes officially legit 😎 Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/122/

This week on @front-end-fire.com: AI inside DevTools, HTMX's guts refactored for v4, AnalogJS 2.0 drops, Apple + Gemini rumors swirl, and robots... driven by humans in the cloud? The future is here and it’s… weird.

Front-end Fire Podcast@front-end-fire.com · 9mo ago

Chrome DevTools now has AI 🤖 @htmx.org rewrites the engine for v4 ⚙️ @analogjs.org hits 2.0 🚀 Apple might rent Gemini for Siri 🍎 @npmjs.bsky.social cuts classic tokens 🔐 A human-piloted home robot?? 🤯 New pod is lightning-round chaos. Buckle up ⚡🔥 Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/121/

On @front-end-fire.com: we tested React Compiler in prod, Cursor just became an AI agent swarm in your editor, and is the AI bubble popping already? This week we dig into real performance numbers, AI IDE power moves, and whether the hype train is finally slowing down.

Front-end Fire Podcast@front-end-fire.com · 9mo ago

. @react.dev Compiler = real DX + perf wins ✅ Cursor 2.0 = parallel agents + faster models ⚡ And… AI layoffs + low adoption + insane compute cost = bubble incoming? 💣 Hotter takes than a bundler flame war. Let’s go. Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/120/

Another week, another AI browser 🌐: this week OpenAI’s ChatGPT Atlas enters the AI browser race, Vite+ is bringing Rust-powered dev tools and a business model, and Vercel drops two conferences in one week with Next.js 16 + Ship AI. There's plenty to cover on @front-end-fire.com!

Front-end Fire Podcast@front-end-fire.com · 9mo ago

. @vercel.com didn’t just ship — it launched an armada between the Next.js & Ship AI confs 🛠️. Meanwhile, OpenAI's ChatGPT Atlas joins the AI browser battle and @vite.dev is shipping more than builds now — it's shipping a business model with Vite+ 💼 Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/119/

On today's @front-end-fire.com: Next.js 16 beta brings the heat with full React 19.2 support, Remix v3 looks nothing like Remix anymore, and Bun 1.3 goes full-stack runtime with dev servers, MySQL, and more. Oh, and the W3C's new logo... sure is something. 🌀

Front-end Fire Podcast@front-end-fire.com · 10mo ago

🍞 @bun.sh 1.3 wants to be your full-stack JS runtime, @remix.run v3 isn’t just an update — it’s a total rebrand 😳, @nextjs.org 16 beta ships with React 19.2 support, and @hbo.bsky.social + W3C keep rebranding like it’s a sport 😅. Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/118/

Big news in the @front-end-fire.com podcast this week: - After years under Meta, React's going solo 🎰 - React 19.2 rolls out new hooks & rendering tricks ⚛️ - And Cloudflare's at it again with the Cap'n Web RPC protocol in pure TypeScript 💥

Front-end Fire Podcast@front-end-fire.com · 10mo ago

React Conf brought the goods this week 👀: @react.dev spins out from Meta into a new foundation, React 19.2 ships new rendering magic, and @cloudflare.social introduces Cap’n Web (a pure TypeScript RPC). Also… the EU admits cookie banners were a mistake 🍪 Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/117/

On this episode of @front-end-fire.com we cover: - Anthropic's Claude just got a major dev-focused glow up, - Chrome DevTools just raised the MCP stakes, - Vercel creates a political PR nightmare Oh, and Meta’s building a 70 football field data center 😳

Front-end Fire Podcast@front-end-fire.com · 10mo ago

Today on the pod: @anthropic.com's new Claude updates are 🔥 — Sonnet 4.5, VS Code integration, and checkpoints. @developer.chrome.com teams up with AI assistants to debug like never before. 🤖 And @vercel.com's CEO stirred up a political firestorm. 🌪️ Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/116/

It was such a pleasure having @nerdy.dev on @front-end-fire.com to talk about interviewing for web dev positions in 2025. Adam talks surviving rejection, shining in broken interview systems, and building confidence with practical tips. Encouragement + strategy all in one episode!

Front-end Fire Podcast@front-end-fire.com · 10mo ago

What are web dev interviews really like in 2025? @argyleink.front-end.social.ap.brid.gy shares his story of 🚫 handling rejections, 🎥 leveling up his pitch, ✅ the companies doing interviews right, and 💡 advice for every job seeker today. Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/115/

npm packages struck again: this time Crowdstrike's the unlucky victim, WebAssembly 3.0 brings big wins, and our very own @jherr.dev breaks down your best options for running LLMs locally. Another great episode of @front-end-fire.com is out now!

Front-end Fire Podcast@front-end-fire.com · 11mo ago

Another week, another @npmjs.bsky.social attack ⚠️ @crowdstrike.bsky.social packages hit by the “Shai-Hulud” worm. Wasm 3.0 drops and it's huge: GC, multi-memory, massive perf gains 💥. Want AI without the cloud? @jherr.dev shares the best browser LLMs 🖥️ Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/114/

The npm ecosystem dodges a bullet after a massive phishing-based supply chain attack 🎯. Storybook 10 pushes for performance with ESM-only, Brave calls out Comet’s agent vulnerability, and Claude Code keeps agreeing with us… a little too much. Another great episode of @front-end-fire.com is out now!

Front-end Fire Podcast@front-end-fire.com · 11mo ago

. @npmjs.bsky.social gets hit with its largest supply chain attack 😱, @storybook.js.org 10 drops CJS for big perf wins 🚀, Brave finds a major flaw in Comet browser⚠️, & a dev makes a site to count Claude Code’s favorite phrase: “You’re absolutely right!” 😂 Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/113/

Today on the @front-end-fire.com podcast: - Warp is reimagining the coding workflow with Warp Code - Google's antitrust suit earned it a "slap on the wrist" and nothing more - And Atlassian scoops up Dia for $610M Hear all this and more on our latest episode.

Front-end Fire Podcast@front-end-fire.com · 11mo ago

. @warp.dev's new Warp Code wants to make your terminal the hub of AI dev workflows ⚡, Google walks away from its antitrust case with barely a scratch 👀, and @atlassian.bsky.social just dropped $610M to buy AI browser Dia 💰. Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/112/