Front-End Fire

In this episode: An IDE written in Rust hits 1.0; more vulnerabilities, this time in TanStack and Next.js; and the AI layoffs continue—we’ll discuss whether you should be worried.
Timestamps:
0:46 - Alternative editor Zed hits 1.0
10:48 - AI layoffs
24:12 - TanStack’s CI pipeline was compromised
30:01 - Another Next.js vulnerability
31:46 - Tailwind 4.3 adds new scrollbar utilities
35:03 - Fire Starter: The new install element
41:22 - What’s making us happy
News:
Paige - Alternative editor Zed hits 1.0
Jack - Not even TanStack is safe from npm hacks and another Next.js vulnerability
TJ - Cloudflare lays off 1,100 employees & Cisco lays off 4,000 employees
Lightning News: 
Tailwind 4.3 adds new scrollbar utilities
Fire Starter:
<install>
What Makes Us Happy this Week:
Paige - The Porsche Track Experience
Jack - Porch planets project
TJ - Chilipad mattress topper
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In this episode, we look at whether “founding sponsor” is becoming the new AI acqui-hire, Tanner building a possible React replacement, and how Claude could get faster thanks to a new deal with SpaceX.

Timestamps:
0:58 - Tanner builds Redact
8:14 - Anthropic makes a deal with SpaceX
19:03 - Warp is now open source
29:58 - Node 26 is out
32:07 - ChatGPT is obsessed with goblins
42:21 - What’s making us happy

News:
Paige - Warp is open source and OpenAI is its founding sponsor
Jack - Projecting React
TJ - Anthropic makes a deal with SpaceX

Lightning News: 
Node 26 is out
ChatGPT is obsessed with goblins

What Makes Us Happy this Week:
Paige - The Koerner Office on YouTube
Jack - 3d printed Star Wars guns
TJ - The Lies of Locke Lamora novel

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In this episode:
pnpm tightens its security stance
We talk about whether the AI bill is coming due
And Remix v3 is back in the news
Timestamps:
1:35 - The AI price hike
16:31 - Remix v3 beta preview
27:33 - pnpm 11’s security changes
35:28 - Firefox adds tab notes
41:10 - What’s making us happy
News:
Paige - AI price hikes are coming for us all, Anthropic’s changed its plan offerings, GitHub Copilot is rolling out usage based billing
Jack - Remix v3 beta preview
TJ - pnpm 11
Lightning News: 
Firefox adds tab notes
What Makes Us Happy this Week:
Paige - Claude Superpower skills
Jack - Ted Lasso season 4
TJ - Duolingo
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In this episode:
Anthropic sets its sights on designers
Vercel has a “security incident”
And Elon eyes an IDE
Timestamps:
0:50 - Anthropic introduces Claude Design
10:07 - Vercel’s security incident
18:27 - SpaceX is buying Cursor
26:15 - Google is cracking down on “back button hijacking”
28:35 - Anthropic bans a 60-person company overnight
32:45 - Fire Starter
36:40 - What’s making us happy
News:
Paige - Anthropic introduces Claude Design
Jack - SpaceX is buying Cursor
TJ - Vercel has a “security incident”
Lightning News: 
Google cracking down on “back button hijacking”
Anthropic bans a 60-person company overnight
Fire Starter:
Git 2.54 has a new way to reword commits
What Makes Us Happy this Week:
Paige - Libby audiobooks
Jack - Reolink security cameras
TJ - Installing every Firefox extension
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This week special guests Dan Wilson of DataCurl and Kyler Krenek of Vowel join us to discuss when AI belongs in products and what kinds of AI tools are best suited to different needs.
Special Guests:
Dan Wilson, Principal Partner of DataCurl
Kyler Krenek, cofounder of Vowel 
Relevant Links:
Dan’s personal website
Dan’s company website
Dan on LinkedIn
Kyler’s GitHub
Kyler’s blog
Kyler on LinkedIn
Vowel.to
What Makes Us Happy this Week:
Paige - Shrinking season 3
TJ - Claude Cowork
Jack - Giving stuff way
Dan - New drug coming on the market for Pancreatic Cancer. 
Kyler - OpenCode Web with GPT-5.4 - Much easier bugfixing
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