Best Weeks JavaScript News Podcasts (2025)

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TypeScript 5.9 is here, GLM 4.5 is EPIC for Programming, Node.js 22.18 LTS, and more EP46 JavaScript News 3:00

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Today, we'll be talking about TypeScript 5.9, GLM 4.5 and it's coding capabilities, and the Node.js 22.18 LTS release, along with some amazing developer tools! Visit ThisWeekinJavaScript.com to subscribe to our Newsletter. Make sure you subscribe to the podcast for weekly updates and share this podcast with your friends!…

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8.7.25 | Claude Code integrates with Emacs, passwords replaced with worse alternatives, Automerge 3.0 released 12:59

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 7, 2025. Claude Code IDE integration for Emacs https://github.com/manzaltu/claude-code-ide.el https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44811567 We replaced passwords with something worse https://blog.danielh.cc/blog/passwords https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44819917 Automerge 3.0 https://au…

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8.6.25 | OpenAI's open models, Genie 3 advances world models, uBlock Origin Lite launches for Safari 12:29

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 6, 2025. Open models by OpenAI https://openai.com/open-models/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44800746 Genie 3: A new frontier for world models https://deepmind.google/discover/blog/genie-3-a-new-frontier-for-world-models/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44798166 uBlock Origin Lit…

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8.5.25 | Perplexity evades no-crawl directives, Show HN showcases wooden pixel display, Qwen-Image features native text rendering 11:54

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 5, 2025. Perplexity is using stealth, undeclared crawlers to evade no-crawl directives https://blog.cloudflare.com/perplexity-is-using-stealth-undeclared-crawlers-to-evade-website-no-crawl-directives/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44785636 Show HN: I spent 6 years building a ridiculou…

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8.4.25 | Remote work encourages rambling, Node.js patterns explored, tips for effective design documents 12:00

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 4, 2025. If you're remote, ramble https://stephango.com/ramblings https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44775563 Modern Node.js Patterns https://kashw1n.com/blog/nodejs-2025/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44778936 Writing a good design document https://grantslatton.com/how-to-design-do…

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8.3.25 | Helsinki achieves zero traffic deaths, Telo MT1, A.I. may change our nature in addressing loneliness 11:37

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 3, 2025. Helsinki records zero traffic deaths for full year https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/27539-helsinki-records-zero-traffic-deaths-for-full-year.html https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44736025 Telo MT1 https://www.telotrucks.com/ https://news.ycombinator.com…

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8.2.25 | Draw a fish animation, Hannah Cairo solves math mystery, Cerebras Code 11:40

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 2, 2025. Show HN: Draw a fish and watch it swim with the others https://drawafish.com https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44719222 At 17, Hannah Cairo solved a major math mystery https://www.quantamagazine.org/at-17-hannah-cairo-solved-a-major-math-mystery-20250801/ https://news.ycombinator…

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8.1.25 | Slow, Acknowledging personal craziness, Creation of Universal Pictures 1936 logo 11:42

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 1, 2025. Slow https://michaelnotebook.com/slow/index.html https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44748934 Face it: you're a crazy person https://www.experimental-history.com/p/face-it-youre-a-crazy-person https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44710651 How was the Universal Pictures 1936 opening…

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7.31.25 | Fast's new developments, Our $100M Series B funding, Vibe code classified as legacy code 12:20

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 31, 2025. Fast https://www.catherinejue.com/fast https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44736967 Our $100M Series B https://oxide.computer/blog/our-100m-series-b https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44733817 Vibe code is legacy code https://blog.val.town/vibe-code https://news.ycombinator.com/…

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7.30.25 | Study mode, M8.7 earthquake in Western Pacific with tsunami warning, laptop writes Space Invaders in JavaScript 12:06

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 30, 2025. Study mode https://openai.com/index/chatgpt-study-mode/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44725764 M8.7 earthquake in Western Pacific, tsunami warning issued https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000qw60/executive https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44729865 My 2…

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7.29.25 | Copyparty enables file server creation, Use Their ID utilizes UK MP’s ID for Online Safety Act, Claude Code imposes weekly rate limits 12:04

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 29, 2025. Copyparty – Turn almost any device into a file server https://github.com/9001/copyparty https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44711519 Show HN: Use Their ID – Use your local UK MP’s ID for the Online Safety Act https://use-their-id.com/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44716106 …

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7.28.25 | Trae IDE performance analysis, Dumb Pipe, EU app bans unlicensed Android systems 11:30

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 28, 2025. Performance and telemetry analysis of Trae IDE, ByteDance's VSCode fork https://github.com/segmentationf4u1t/trae_telemetry_research https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44703164 Dumb Pipe https://www.dumbpipe.dev/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44701555 EU age verification a…

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GitHub Spark builds apps in 20 MINUTES, Qwen3-Coder is INSANE, EPIC JavaScript utility library, and more EP45 JavaScript News 2:48

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Today, we'll be talking about GitHub Spark, that lets you build apps in just 20 minutes, Qwen3-Coder's insane coding capabilities, and a new JavaScript utility library. Visit ThisWeekinJavaScript.com to subscribe to our Newsletter. Make sure you subscribe to the podcast for weekly updates and share this podcast with your friends!…

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7.27.25 | Rust on all GPUs, Rooting Copilot, Purple Earth hypothesis 12:21

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 27, 2025. Rust running on every GPU https://rust-gpu.github.io/blog/2025/07/25/rust-on-every-gpu/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44692876 How we rooted Copilot https://research.eye.security/how-we-rooted-copilot/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44695098 Purple Earth hypothesis htt…

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7.26.25 | Avoid app, use website, Steam and Itch.io remove 'porn' games, modern CSS should replace SPA 12:56

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 26, 2025. Do not download the app, use the website https://idiallo.com/blog/dont-download-apps https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44689059 Steam, Itch.io are pulling ‘porn’ games. Critics say it's a slippery slope https://www.wired.com/story/steam-itchio-are-pulling-porn-games-censorship/ …

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7.25.25 | Graphene OS enhances Android security, Memory safety requires thread safety, AMD CEO predicts TSMC US plant chips 5%-20% pricier 12:53

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 25, 2025. Graphene OS: a security-enhanced Android build https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1030004/898017c7953c0946/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44676691 There is no memory safety without thread safety https://www.ralfj.de/blog/2025/07/24/memory-safety.html https://news.ycombinator.com…

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7.24.25 | High precision robot dog, Tinder clone with wife’s pictures, Google Pixel and GrapheneOS for freedom 11:53

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 24, 2025. CARA – High precision robot dog using rope https://www.aaedmusa.com/projects/cara https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44661846 Show HN: Tinder but it's only pictures of my wife and I can only swipe right https://trytender.app/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44664873 Cops say…

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7.23.25 | Qwen3-Coder's agentic coding, avoid animating height, TODOs as reminders 12:12

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 23, 2025. Qwen3-Coder: Agentic coding in the world https://qwenlm.github.io/blog/qwen3-coder/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44653072 Don't animate height https://www.granola.ai/blog/dont-animate-height https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44619206 TODOs aren't for doing https://sophie…

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7.22.25 | Global hack on Microsoft Sharepoint, TrackWeight turns MacBook trackpad into scale, AccountingBench evaluates LLMs on business tasks 12:43

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 22, 2025. Global hack on Microsoft Sharepoint hits U.S., state agencies, researchers say https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/07/20/microsoft-sharepoint-hack/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44629710 TrackWeight: Turn your MacBook's trackpad into a digital weighing scale https…

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468: RailsConf Recap with Tess Griffin 41:35

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Joël sits down with Tess Griffin as they take a moment to recap the very last RailsConf together. The pair discuss their favourite moments from final conference, how their love of D&D has crossed over to shape their experiences attending RailsConf, and the future of the show as a whole. — Thanks to our sponsors for this episode Judoscale - Autoscal…

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7.21.25 | XMLUI, LLMs in summer 2025 update, new colors without lasers 12:36

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 21, 2025. XMLUI https://blog.jonudell.net/2025/07/18/introducing-xmlui/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44625292 Coding with LLMs in the summer of 2025 – an update https://antirez.com/news/154 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44623953 New colors without shooting lasers into your eye…

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Kimi K2 is the BEST coding agent, Next.js 16 sneak peek, Nuxt 4.0 is here, and more EP44 JavaScript News  2:37

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Today, we'll be talking about Kimi K2 and how it might be the best AI agent for coders and web developers, Next.js 15.4 which also came with a Next.js 16 sneak peek, Nuxt 4.0, and more. Visit ThisWeekinJavaScript.com to subscribe to our Newsletter. Make sure you subscribe to the podcast for weekly updates and share this podcast with your friends!…

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7.20.25 | Uncertainty in AI development, AI-related fatalities, Ring's new police live-stream feature 12:26

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 20, 2025. Nobody knows how to build with AI yet https://worksonmymachine.substack.com/p/nobody-knows-how-to-build-with-ai https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44616479 Death by AI https://davebarry.substack.com/p/death-by-ai https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44615801 Ring introducing new …

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7.19.25 | Valve pressured by credit card companies, AI capex impacts economic stats, personal self-hosting setup 12:32

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 19, 2025. Valve confirms credit card companies pressured it to delist certain adult games https://www.pcgamer.com/software/platforms/valve-confirms-credit-card-companies-pressured-it-to-delist-certain-adult-games-from-steam/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44606184 AI capex is so big th…

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7.17.25 | Altermagnets introduce a new type of magnet, Ex-Waymo engineers create Bedrock Robotics for construction automation, Pgactive offers Postgres active-active replication 12:03

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 17, 2025. Altermagnets: The first new type of magnet in nearly a century https://www.newscientist.com/article/2487013-weve-discovered-a-new-kind-of-magnetism-what-can-we-do-with-it/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44583171 Ex-Waymo engineers launch Bedrock Robotics to automate construct…

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7.16.25 | Reflections on OpenAI, Shoggoth Mini robot powered by GPT-4o, write proofs to improve programming skills 12:29

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 16, 2025. Reflections on OpenAI https://calv.info/openai-reflections https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44573195 Show HN: Shoggoth Mini – A soft tentacle robot powered by GPT-4o and RL https://www.matthieulc.com/posts/shoggoth-mini https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44572377 To be a bett…

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7.15.25 | Kiro IDE launch, LLM inevitabilism discussion, Django's 20th birthday celebration 12:36

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 15, 2025. Kiro: A new agentic IDE https://kiro.dev/blog/introducing-kiro/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44560662 LLM Inevitabilism https://tomrenner.com/posts/llm-inevitabilism/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44567857 Happy 20th Birthday, Django https://www.djangoproject.com/web…

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7.14.25 | Ten years of daily running visualized, Explanation of screen functionality, Open-source alternative to CapCut 12:15

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 14, 2025. Show HN: Ten years of running every day, visualized https://nodaysoff.run https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44522683 How does a screen work? https://www.makingsoftware.com/chapters/how-a-screen-works https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44550572 OpenCut: The open-source CapCut a…

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Grok 4's coding powers, TypeScript 5.9 Beta, the BEST Postgres provider, Vercel acquires NuxtLabs, and more EP43 JavaScript News 3:57

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Today, we'll be looking at Grok 4's early-stage coding capabilities, possibly the best Postgres provider, the TypeScript 5.9 Beta release and more. Visit ThisWeekinJavaScript.com to subscribe to our Newsletter. Make sure you subscribe to the podcast for weekly updates and share this podcast with your friends!…

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7.13.25 | MacPaint Art's enduring appeal, Bypassing Google's adblock update, Understanding JavaScript's Date class 11:55

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 13, 2025. MacPaint Art from the Mid-80s Still Looks Great Today https://blog.decryption.net.au/posts/macpaint.html https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44540402 Bypassing Google's big anti-adblock update https://0x44.xyz/blog/web-request-blocking/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4454426…

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7.12.25 | OpenAI's Windsurf deal canceled, Windsurf CEO joins Google, ETH Zurich and EPFL releasing LLM, Bill Atkinson's psychedelic UI 11:40

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 12, 2025. OpenAI’s Windsurf deal is off, and Windsurf’s CEO is going to Google https://www.theverge.com/openai/705999/google-windsurf-ceo-openai https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44536988 ETH Zurich and EPFL to release a LLM developed on public infrastructure https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-e…

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7.11.25 | AI's impact on open-source productivity, Postgres LISTEN/NOTIFY scalability issues, Grok searches X for Elon Musk's messages 11:48

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 11, 2025. Measuring the impact of AI on experienced open-source developer productivity https://metr.org/blog/2025-07-10-early-2025-ai-experienced-os-dev-study/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44522772 Postgres LISTEN/NOTIFY does not scale https://www.recall.ai/blog/postgres-listen-notif…

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7.10.25 | Tree Borrows concept, Linda Yaccarino departs X, jank programming language discussed 11:43

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 10, 2025. Tree Borrows https://plf.inf.ethz.ch/research/pldi25-tree-borrows.html https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44510600 Linda Yaccarino is leaving X https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/technology/linda-yaccarino-x-steps-down.html https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44510731 The jank p…

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7.9.25 | Supabase MCP SQL leak, Bootstrapping profitable side project, OffChess offline chess puzzles app 12:20

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 9, 2025. Supabase MCP can leak your entire SQL database https://www.generalanalysis.com/blog/supabase-mcp-blog https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44502318 Bootstrapping a side project into a profitable seven-figure business https://projectionlab.com/blog/we-reached-1m-arr-with-zero-funding…

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7.8.25 | ChatGPT prompts feature addition, Mercury introduces fast diffusion models, o3 profiles from Pocket links 12:11

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 8, 2025. Adding a feature because ChatGPT incorrectly thinks it exists https://www.holovaty.com/writing/chatgpt-fake-feature/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44491071 Mercury: Ultra-fast language models based on diffusion https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.17298 https://news.ycombinator.com/ite…

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7.7.25 | Extracted Apple Intelligence safety filters, Loss of individuality in society, Bitchat – decentralized Bluetooth messaging app 12:02

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 7, 2025. I extracted the safety filters from Apple Intelligence models https://github.com/BlueFalconHD/apple_generative_model_safety_decrypted https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44483485 Nobody has a personality anymore: we are products with labels https://www.freyaindia.co.uk/p/nobody-has…

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Deno 2.4 brings back deno bundle, GitHub Copilot Chat is now open source, Minecraft built in 100% CSS, and more EP42 JavaScript News 3:59

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Today, we'll be talking about the new Deno 2.4 update, GitHub Copilot Chat now being open source, and Minecraft, built in 100% CSS! Visit ThisWeekinJavaScript.com to subscribe to our Newsletter. Make sure you subscribe to the podcast for weekly updates and share this podcast with your friends!By Jam.dev

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7.6.25 | Local-first software, hidden interface controls, questioning morality 12:12

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 6, 2025. Local-first software (2019) https://www.inkandswitch.com/essay/local-first/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44473135 Hidden interface controls that affect usability https://interactions.acm.org/archive/view/july-august-2025/stop-hiding-my-controls-hidden-interface-controls-are-…

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7.5.25 | Nvidia criticized, Mini NASes combine NVMe and Intel chip, OBBB reinstates R&D expensing in U.S 12:09

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 5, 2025. Nvidia is full of shit https://blog.sebin-nyshkim.net/posts/nvidia-is-full-of-shit/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44468175 Mini NASes marry NVMe to Intel's efficient chip https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/mini-nases-marry-nvme-intels-efficient-chip https://news.ycombinat…

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7.4.25 | tmux-rs launched, YC company relicensed my project, The Rise of Whatever 12:48

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 4, 2025. Introducing tmux-rs https://richardscollin.github.io/tmux-rs/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44455787 My open source project was relicensed by a YC company [license updated] https://twitter.com/soham_btw/status/1940952786491027886 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44460552 …

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7.3.25 | Exploiting IKKO Activebuds, US climate report websites down, gene therapy restored hearing 12:02

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 3, 2025. Exploiting the IKKO Activebuds “AI powered” earbuds (2024) https://blog.mgdproductions.com/ikko-activebuds/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44443919 Websites hosting major US climate reports taken down https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-national-assessment-nasa-white-hou…

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7.2.25 | Fed miscalculates $1M cube, Spegel is an LLM-based Terminal Browser, Figma files for IPO 12:03

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 2, 2025. The Fed says this is a cube of $1M. They're off by half a million https://calvin.sh/blog/fed-lie/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44435484 Show HN: Spegel, a Terminal Browser That Uses LLMs to Rewrite Webpages https://simedw.com/2025/06/23/introducing-spegel/ https://news.ycomb…

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9 new JavaScript Features from TC39, Angular's official AI prompting guide, Vite 7, and more EP41 JavaScript News 3:29

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Today, we'll be covering the new JavaScript features being moved through their respective stages from TC39, Angular's AI prompting guide for LLMs, Vite 7's newest features, and more. Visit ThisWeekinJavaScript.com to subscribe to our Newsletter. Make sure you subscribe to the podcast for weekly updates and share this podcast with your friends!…

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7.1.25 | AI's new skill is context engineering, Xfinity detects motion via WiFi signals, Proton sues Apple for harmful practices 12:07

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 1, 2025. The new skill in AI is not prompting, it's context engineering https://www.philschmid.de/context-engineering https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44427757 Xfinity using WiFi signals in your house to detect motion https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/wifi-motion https://news.ycom…

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467: How to get the most out of attending a conference with Matheus Richard 41:20

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Joël continues his preparations for the last RailsConf as he talks with Matheus about how to make the most of your time at the conference. Hear their tips to connect and communicate with other attendees, the different ways to take notes at the various talks you can attend, what to do when your discussions have a lull, as well as how to draw inspira…

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6.30.25 | VM simulates CPU fan, ransomware avoids Russian keyboards, HN inquiry on current projects 11:59

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 30, 2025. I made my VM think it has a CPU fan https://wbenny.github.io/2025/06/29/i-made-my-vm-think-it-has-a-cpu-fan.html https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44413185 Many ransomware strains will abort if they detect a Russian keyboard installed (2021) https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/05/t…

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6.29.25 | JavaScript trademark changes, MCP's universal plugin system, engineered addictions 12:29

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 29, 2025. JavaScript Trademark Update https://deno.com/blog/deno-v-oracle4 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44407139 MCP: An (Accidentally) Universal Plugin System https://worksonmymachine.substack.com/p/mcp-an-accidentally-universal-plugin https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44404905 E…

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6.28.25 | Airline pilot creates flight graphs, Facebook uses private photos for AI, user deletes second brain 12:05

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jun 28, 2025. Show HN: I'm an airline pilot – I built interactive graphs/globes of my flights https://jameshard.ing/pilot https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44396518 Facebook is starting to feed its AI with private, unpublished photos https://www.theverge.com/meta/694685/meta-ai-camera-roll ht…