Type Stripping is Stable, Type-safe Music, and Rust Engines Enter the Chat | News | Ep 44
News for the week of November 10, 2025: Node 25 marks type stripping as stable, the downlow on some new Rust-based JavaScript and TypeScript engines, and a new browser for keyboard lovers. From the community: visualize how types work, using .NET Aspire without .NET, type-safe SQL, and an experimental Rust-based type checker.Sponsored by Excalibur.jsExcalibur.js is the friendly TypeScript 2D game engine for the web. Use your TypeScript or JavaScript skills to make games! Excalibur comes out-of-the-box with everything you need to make web games, like physics, sprites, animations, sound effects, input, tile maps, particles, and more.Homepage and Docs: https://excaliburjs.comMake Your First Game in 10 MinutesJoin the Discord: https://discord.gg/9UemP985UyChapters(00:00) - Welcome to the Show
(04:36) - News: TypeScript 6 Scheduled for Early 2026
(05:26) - News: Node 25.2.0 Marks Type Stripping as Stable
(07:51) - News: Andromeda, a New TypeScript-native Runtime
(09:15) - News: Brimstone, a New Rust-based JavaScript Engine
(11:24) - News: Glide, a Browser for Neovim Dandies
(15:26) - Community Highlight: Ludum Dare Creator is Open for Business
(16:18) - Community Highlight: Visual Types by Kit Langton
(18:34) - Community Highlight: Taking the .NET Out of Aspire by David Gardiner
(19:58) - Community Highlight: We Could Have Been Rad Developers
(21:08) - Library Watch: squeeel, a Type-safe SQL Builder
(22:16) - Library Watch: DomoActorsTS, an Actor Model Framework
(24:35) - Library Watch: Contour 2.0, Type-safe Music
(26:02) - Library Watch: Hashery, Efficient Object Hashing
(28:33) - Tool Watch: Ezno, a Rust-Based Type Checker
(31:13) - Bleet of the Week
(31:41) - Cool Tool: Debug Your Docker Build Context
(34:47) - Cool Read: Nuxt MCP Server
(35:19) - Cool Tool: WXT, a Modern Web Extension Framework
(35:51) - Cool Watch: PolyMatt Made a Floppy Disk from Scratch
(36:44) - Cool Tool: Quicker Neovim Extension
(37:49) - Cool Tool: GemShell, a Way to Package Up Games
(38:53) - Cool App: xelly.games, a Game-sharing Social Network
(39:38) - The Minnesota Long Goodbye
NewsTS 6.0 Expected in Early 2026Node 25.2.0 (Current) marks type stripping as stable!Andromeda, a native TypeScript runtime alternative to Deno (h/t Rob Palmer)Brimstone, a JavaScript engine written from scratch in RustGlide, a Firefox-based browser for neovim dandiesFrom the CommunityKit Langton: Visual Types — A Set of Animated TypeScript Concepts (h/t Reddit)David Gardiner: Aspire with Python, React, Rust and Node appsRob Palmer: Alternative names for ECMAScript that were originally consideredLibrary Watch: squeeel, a type-safe SQL builderLibrary Watch: DomoActors-TS, a TypeScript library for the actor modelLibrary Watch: Contour 2.0 “Music Composition as Code” (h/t kootenay-eric)Library Watch: Hashery (h/t jaredwray.com)Tool Watch: Ezno, a Rust TypeScript type checker (h/t fasterthanli.me)Cool LinksCool Watch: PolyMatt on YouTube makes a floppy disk from scratchCool Tool: Quicker.nvim, a better quickfix listCool Tool: gemshell, a tool to package up web gamesCool Tool: Debug your Docker build contextCool Read: Building an MCP Server for NuxtCool Tool: WXT – a modern web extensions frameworkCool App: xelly.games - a game-sharing social networkMusicSeahorse Dreams by Kubbi (Spotify)