Announcing TypeScript 5.8!

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Announcing TypeScript 5.8

Four months in the making, TypeScript 5.8 lands with a strong Node focus. You can now use require() for ES modules in the nodenext module, there’s a new node18 module for developers who want to keep targeting Node 18, and most notably there’s now an --erasableSyntaxOnly option to ensure no TypeScript-only runtime semantics can be used.

Building APIs with Next.js

This guide walks you through using the App Router to create dynamic routes, handle web-standard requests, and add reusable middleware.

How Fluid compute works on Vercel

Explains how Vercel`'s new Fluid compute model is here to make serverless smarter by dynamically scaling resources in real time, prioritizing active or pre-warmed instances to minimize cold starts and cutting down on wasted compute

React Server Actions with Toast Feedback

Learn how to implement toast notifications for React Server Actions like upvoting, downvoting, and deleting users. Also covers edge cases such as Next.js caching quirks and race conditions.

Next.js 15.2: Streaming Metadata

This move has been bubbling for a long time now, but the React team is now officially recommending CRA-powered apps migrate to a framework (like Next.js) or build tools like Vite.

A Report on How the Web is Really Using JavaScript

Each year, the HTTP Archive puts together the Web Almanac, a report on the ‘state of the Web’. The JavaScript section has just gone live and goes into depth on how much JS we’re using (or failing to use!), the popularity of TypeScript, loading methods, Web Worker use, and, yes, jQuery still leads the way!

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