ReactConf 2025 Highlights, Bun 1.3's Security Scanner API, and Malware-as-a-Service | News | Ep 39

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News of the week of October 6, 2025: Highlights from ReactConf 2025, Bun 1.3's (delicious) security lede got buried, and how to buy lifetime access to someone's webcam for $500. From the community: CSS is cool again, Immer.js perf improvements, and why typed linting is blocked by ESLint core.

Chapters

(00:00) - Welcome to the Show
(05:52) - News: ReactConf 2025 Highlights
(15:53) - News: Bun 1.3 Highlights
(20:59) - News: VS 2026 Now Includes TypeScript 7 Native Preview
(21:33) - News: TC39 Async Context
(22:51) - News: TC39 Module Declarations
(24:40) - News: TC39 Defer Import Evaluation Moves to Stage 3
(25:11) - News: Vite+ Announcement
(27:43) - PSA: StealIt Malware Uses Node SEAs to Bypass Scanners
(30:26) - Community Highlight: Dr. Axel's Schools Us in CSS
(32:07) - Community Highlight: Why Typed Linting is Blocked by ESLint Core
(32:30) - Community Highlight: Immer.js Perf Improvements Landing Soon
(33:25) - Community Highlight: Unofficial 1Password TS Library
(35:02) - Community Highlight: Joke of the Week
(35:21) - Cool Link: Kagi, the Premium Search Engine
(39:19) - Cool Videos: Mojo, Simulating Smoke, and How UTF-8 Works
(40:54) - Cool Link: Twoslash Provides Rich Type Metadata for Docs
(41:51) - The Minnesota Long Goodbye

News

ReactConf: React 19.2 dropped
ReactConf: React Compiler 1.0 dropped (reminded Erik of this old ditty)
ReactConf: React Foundation
Bun 1.3
VS 2026 has TS 7 preview
TC39: Module Declarations
TC39: Defer Import Eval advances to stage 3
Vite+ unifies enterprise JS tooling
PSA: Stealit Malware Abuses Node.js Single Executable Feature via Game and VPN Installers

From the Community

Dr. Axel: CSS: Learn the essentials quickly
Josh Goldberg: Why typed linting optimization blocked by ESLint core
Library Watch: Immer.js perf improvements on the horizon
Blog Post: Stopping Bad Actors: Inside 1Password’s Security Model

Cool Stuff

Cool Product: Kagi Search, the premium search engine you pay for
Cool Video: GPU Programming and Language Design with Chris Lattner
Cool Video: Coding Adventure: Simulating Smoke
Cool Video: UTF-8, Explained Simply
Cool Library: Twoslash, generate TS metadata for interactive docs snippets
Cool Read: Chris Coyier’s CSS starter
Cool Read: Innovate, Leverage, Commoditize (ILC model) strategic gameplay

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