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News for the week of April 13, 2026: require(esm) marked stable in Node 24.15.0 LTS, HTML-in-Canvas demos, and Cal.com goes closed source thanks to AI security. From the community: dependency cooldowns are not a solution, TanStack's take on RSC, and accidentally DDOS'ing npm with TypeScript.

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Chapters

• (00:00) - Welcome to the Show
• (06:03) - News: TSGo Cut 400 Hours a Month From CI Builds
• (06:47) - News: Node 24.15.0 Marks require(esm) and Module Compile Cache Stable
• (08:40) - News: See HTML-in-Canvas in Action
• (11:19) - News: Everything Cloudflare Announced During Agents Week
• (14:20) - News: Mozilla Takes Pot Shots at Microsoft on Copilot Rollback
• (15:20) - News: Cal.com Goes Closed Source
• (18:03) - Library Watch: Elide Runtime 1.0 Nightlies
• (19:24) - Library Watch: Phaser 4 Game Engine Release
• (20:07) - Library Watch: numpy-ts Now As Fast as Native NumPy
• (20:50) - Library Watch: MavonEngine, a Three.js-based Multiplayer Game Engine
• (22:34) - Library Watch: gql.tada, Types for GraphQL Queries
• (26:02) - Highlight: State of Vue 2026 by Evan You
• (26:31) - Highlight: Lessons from Building for the Bottom of the Browser by Mike Hall
• (27:23) - Highlight: TanStack's Take on React Server Components
• (29:21) - Highlight: aimock Helps TanStack Test Model Providers
• (30:45) - Highlight: Dependency Cooldowns Make Us Free Riders by Cal Peterson
• (32:49) - Highlight: How Ryan Cavanaugh Accidentally DDos'd npm
• (33:31) - Bleet of the Week
• (33:54) - Secret of the Handbook: accessor
• (35:57) - Cool Watch: Garbage Time on Car YouTube
• (37:07) - Cool Watch: How Ridiculous on YouTube
• (38:00) - Cool Game: Indika, a Game Where You Play as a Russian Nun
• (39:55) - The Minnesota Long Goodbye

News

• TypeScript: TS 7 Native Preview saves team 400 hours a month
• Node Release: Node.js 24.15.0 (LTS) 
• HTML in Canvas HTML-in-Canvas .dev HTML In Canvas Is Wild And I Love It 
• Cloudflare: Building the agentic cloud: everything we launched during Agents Week 2026 
• Mozilla: Old habits die hard: Microsoft tries to limit our options, this time with AI 
• Cal: Cal.com Goes Closed Source: Why AI Security Is Forcing Our Decision

Library Watch

• Elide runtime stealthily releases 1.0.0 nightly and updates website
• Phaser 4: New Renderer, GPU Sprites, Filters & More
• numpy-ts is now as fast as native NumPy : r/typescript 
• MavonEngine: Three.js game engine with an integrated server-authoritative physics engine
• gql.tada: TS plugin for making type-safe GraphQL queries

From the Community

• Evan You: State of Vue 2026
• Mike Hall: Lessons from Building for the Bottom of the Browser
• TanStack: React Server Components Your Way
• TanStack: How We Test TanStack AI Across 7 Providers on Every PR 
• Cal Peterson: Dependency cooldowns turn you into a free-rider
• Ryan Cavanaugh: How I accidentally DDoS’d npm with TypeScript 
• Bleet of the week
• Secret of the Handbook: accessor keyword

Cool Links

• Watch: Garbage Time on YT
• Watch: How Ridiculous on YT
• Play: INDIKA

Music
Seahorse Dreams by Kubbi (Spotify)