Deno 2.8 Pushes Node Compatibility to 75%, Rolldown 1.0, and Mini Shai-Hulud | News | Ep 67

News for the week of May 11, 2026: Deno 2.8 brings Node compatibility to 75%, Bun's Rust port is taking shape, and more supply chain sadness. From the community: SpacetimeDB's JS engine is faster than Rust, scrapping a custom DSL in favor of TypeScript, and why Effect is good for AI agents.

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Chapters

• (00:00) - Welcome to the Show
• (05:34) - News: Deno 2.8 Brings Node Compat to Just Over 75%
• (07:57) - News: VS Code Codebase Type Checked by TS 7
• (08:15) - News: Bun's Rust Port Coming in Next 1.4 Release
• (13:55) - News: Rolldown 1.0 Released
• (17:32) - News: GitHub Takes Aim at Claude Code and Codex with New Copilot App
• (18:58) - PSA: Upgrade Next.js Due to Recent CVEs
• (19:52) - PSA: TanStack Supply Chain Incident Post-mortem
• (23:48) - PSA: Ongoing Mini Shai-Hulud Supply Chain Attack
• (27:22) - PSA: node-ipc Infected with Credential Stealer
• (30:56) - Library Watch: Vitest 4.1.6 and 5.0.0-beta.3 Security Updates
• (31:15) - Library Watch: styleframe is a TypeScript Design System Engine
• (32:23) - Library Watch: mediabunny, a TypeScript Media Encoder and Decoder Library
• (34:08) - Community: Migrating to TypeScript 6 by LogRocket
• (34:48) - Community: SpacetimeDB JS Engine Outperforms Rust
• (37:21) - Community: Inventing a New Language Was a Mistake by Wasp
• (40:31) - Community: Express.js Revamp
• (41:18) - Community: Anders on Why AI Will Never Replace Developers
• (41:46) - Community: Interview With Anders on Turbo Pascal, C#, and TS
• (41:59) - Community: npm install && pray by Jo Franchetti
• (42:22) - Community: Next Era of TypeScript with Effect by Lucas Barake
• (43:21) - Community: Node.js Alpine Linux Feedback
• (44:32) - Community: dax.land, Shell Scripting Everywhere
• (45:13) - Bleet of the Week
• (45:47) - Cool Link: Why HTML in Canvas is Cool
• (46:23) - Cool Link: Beginners Guide to Immich, a Self-hosted Google Photos Alternative
• (46:55) - Cool Link: The Math Behind Exodia's Draw in Yu-Gi-Oh!
• (47:18) - Cool Link: Best Local Agentic Coding Workflow by Web Dev Simplified
• (49:59) - Cool Link: Declarative Partial Updates Web Standard
• (53:31) - The Minnesota Long Goodbye

News

• Deno: 2.8 release is hot off the press
• VS Code: VS Code type checked with TS 7 Native Preview
• Bun: Rust Port is Looking More Official
• VoidZero: Announcing Rolldown 1.0
• GitHub: GitHub takes aim at Claude Code and Codex with its new Copilot app and yes, you can bring your own model
• PSA: Reminder update your Next.js
• TanStack: Hardening TanStack After the npm Compromise
• Socket: Active Supply Chain Attack Compromises @antv Packages on npm...
• Socket: Popular node-ipc npm Package Infected with Credential Stealer

Library Watch

• Vitest 4.1.6 and 5.0.0-beta.3: Security updates
• Styleframe 3.7.0, TS design system engine, comes with a new playground
• Mediabunny is a TypeScript library for media encoding/decoding on the client and server

From the Community

• LogRocket: TypeScript v6 is here: A full migration guide
• SpacetimeDB: Let's talk benchmarks
• Wasp: 5 Years and $5M Later: Inventing a New Programming Language for Web Development Was a Mistake
• Express: A New Look for Express
• Anders: Microsoft Lead: "AI will NEVER Replace Coders, Here's Why"
• Anders: TypeScript, C# and Turbo Pascal with Anders Hejlsberg
• Jo Franchetti: npm install && pray — Defending Your Stack from Code You Didn't Write
• Lucas Barake: Next Era of TypeScript | Effect.ts × AI
• Node.js: Promote Alpine Linux out of experimental to be a tier 2 platform
• dax.land lets you develop shell scripts that run the same everywhere
• Bleet of the week

Cool Links

• Joy of Code: Why Everyone Is Excited About HTML In Canvas
• Futo: A Beginner's Guide to Immich
• adef: The Math Behind the Exodia Draw in Episode 1 of YuGiOh
• Web Dev Simplified: The Best Local Agentic Coding Workflow (Complete Guide)
• Chrome Developer Blog: Declarative partial updates

Music
Seahorse Dreams by Kubbi (Spotify)