#Javascript

Vanilla JS Still Wins the Complexity Budget

Modern browsers closed the old gaps. Frameworks still cost real money in size, churn, and cognitive load.

Article · 1mo ago0

Hand-Rolling OAuth 2.0 Authorization Code + PKCE in a React SPA

Build a React login flow against Auth0 using Authorization Code + PKCE, with no SDK doing the work for you and no client secret anywhere in the browser.

Tutorial · 1mo ago0

Ant: A Custom-Engine JavaScript Runtime for the Edge

A lightweight, C-based runtime challenges V8 and JavaScriptCore hegemony in resource-constrained environments.

Article · 1mo ago0

Why AI Editors Keep Generating Prototype Pollution Vulnerabilities

Recursive merge helpers generated by AI tools frequently lack basic security guards, exposing JavaScript applications to prototype pollution.

Article · 1mo ago0

The Timeline Is the API: Agentic Video Editing Arrives

FableCut bypasses fragile GUI automation by treating video timelines as hot-reloading JSON documents that AI agents can edit directly.

Article · 1mo ago2

Wordgard: A Clean Slate for Rich-Text Editing

Marijn Haverbeke's new editor ditches ProseMirror's complex step model for a simpler, delta-based architecture.

Release · 1mo ago3

Beyond useEffect: Mastering React 19's use() Hook and Suspense

Learn how the new use() hook standardizes promise resolution and changes async data patterns in React 19.

Article · 2mos ago0

The Scar Tissue of Modern Frontend Engineering

Why the modern web development stack looks like a cathedral of madness, and how to navigate its architecture.

Article · 2mos ago0

Deno 2.9 wants your desktop apps and your lockfiles

The headline is a single-binary Electron killer, but the quieter migration features are what actually move the needle.

Release · 2mos ago2

Local-First Web Apps Get Real: The Power and Friction of showDirectoryPicker

The File System Access API unlocks native-grade directory access in the browser, but fragmentation and security constraints demand a careful architectural approach.

Article · 2mos ago1

Deno Desktop Brings Native Apps Into the Runtime

A single `deno desktop` command turns an existing web app into a self-contained binary — auto-update and cross-compile included.

Article · 2mos ago2

Bun Wants Real Threads in JavaScript. Here's the Catch.

An experimental JavaScriptCore fork gives JS shared-memory threads with no global lock — and reopens a class of bugs the language never had.

Article · 2mos ago1

The SQLite App Server: Why Datasette Apps Changes the Game

By embedding sandboxed HTML/JS apps directly alongside SQLite databases, Datasette becomes a secure, zero-maintenance internal tool platform.

Article · 2mos ago1

TypeScript 7.0 RC Debuts Go-Based Compiler with 10x Speedups

The Microsoft team ports the compiler to Go, introducing shared-memory parallelism while maintaining structural parity with version 6.0.

Release · 2mos ago0

npm v12 Is About to Stop Running Your Install Scripts — Here's What to Audit

The next npm major flips lifecycle scripts, Git, and remote-URL dependencies from opt-out to opt-in. The warnings are already live in 11.16.0, so you have until July to find out what breaks.

News · 2mos ago5