My favorite from this week is the gitlantis extension. Not really useful, but it's cool.
News
Bun, the JavaScript runtime and tooling project, has been acquired by Anthropic to power AI coding tools like Claude Code, while remaining open-source and maintaining its existing team and development approach. Wish them luck both but and Claude are really cool projects.
Critical remote code execution vulnerability in React Server Components allows unauthenticated attackers to execute malicious code through crafted HTTP requests; exploitation now observed in the wild, requires immediate patching
Article
PerfPlanet explains how HTTP streaming allows servers to send page content incrementally, dramatically improving time to first byte and user experience by sending headers immediately while loading dynamic content
Introduction to category theory for JavaScript/TypeScript developers, with examples and exercises.
Library&tools
Not a week without a new TanStack library. Now there is a library for writing AI stuff, like chatbots and agents.
Open-source collaborative note-taking platform built with Django and React. Joint initiative by French and German government agencies. And it has really cute logo.
Really handy library to repair broken markdown files.
Not only frontenders have fast type checkers on Rust, now there is one for Python too.
Versatile markdown parsing library supporting GFM and CommonMark; outputs to multiple formats including React, Vue, SolidJS, and HTML; allows custom component overrides and arbitrary HTML parsing
Monospace typeface designed specifically for programming with symbol-first design; features near-perfect alignment for multi-character symbols and clear distinction between similar characters like 1, l, I, |
VS Code extension that transforms code exploration into an immersive 3D ocean experience; control a boat sailing across your project where folders are lighthouses and files are buoys, with minimap and compass navigation
Other
Historic press release from December 4, 1995, announcing JavaScript. So JS it is 30th anniversary of the language.
New types language, alternative to Bash for scripting.