Vite 8, Vite+, Void, and How Well AI Plays Runescape | News | Ep 59

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?

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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

• Vite 8 is out!
• Vite+ is OPEN SOURCE and FREE!
• VOID Cloud
• PSA: Prep for Node.js March 24 security releases

Library Watch

• Vitest 4.1 is out: test tags!
• Video.js v10 Beta: Hello, World (again): 88% smaller bundle size
• Effect v4 Beta: 71% smaller bundle size
• Syncpack v14: Dependency sync CLI for monorepos
• antonygiomarxdev/angular-doctor: health-checker CLI for Angular apps

From the Community

• Abid Omar: Rust-like Error Handling in TypeScript
• Web Dev Simplified: NEW Tanstack Hotkeys Library is Amazing
• Adam Surgenor: QR Code Generator in TS
• François Best: Modern TypeScript packaging (French Language)
• RuneBench: Evaluates AI agents by playing RuneScape
• Cup O’ Go: Go Devs Talk About TypeScript 7
• Bleets of the Week:
  • This is how TypeScript is being ported...
  • JavaScript is Satan

Cool Links

• Cool Update: KTOMG Caldera Update adds playthrough and completion tracking
• Cool Pi Day: Calculating pi from coin flips (without randomness)
• Cool Pi Day: Coding Challenge 169: Pi in the Sky Game
• Cool Library: OverType, the Markdown editor that's a textarea

Music
Seahorse Dreams by Kubbi (Spotify)