You Don't Need These 15 npm Packages (Axe 'em), Remix Remixed (Again), and TypeScript in Space (Not Really) | News | Ep 40

News of the week of October 13, 2025: Node 25 brings V8 perf update, Remix reinvents itself once again, TypeScript in your DB, and why Map upsertions will be celebrated by TS devs. From the community: 15 npm packages you no longer need, Deno's side projects, Snoop L. O. Double G., and how to write architecture assertions.

Chapters

• (00:00) - Welcome to the Show
• (04:50) - News: Happy National AWS Outage Day!
• (06:00) - News: Remix Has Remixed Itself Once Again Into V3
• (08:59) - News: TypeScript in Space! ... TimeDB
• (12:06) - News: Node 25 Brings New V8 Updates and Network Permissions
• (14:30) - News: Lit HTML Joins Open JS Foundation
• (16:05) - News: Announcing Vite+ Blog Post
• (20:44) - News: ECMAScript Upsert Proposal and ESBuild Can Now Import Raw Bytes
• (22:57) - Community Highlight: 15 Recent Node Features That Replace npm Packages
• (31:07) - Community Highlight: Deno's Other Open Source Projects
• (33:29) - Library Watch: SnoopLogg for CLI Logging Across Runtimes
• (34:41) - Library Watch: ArchUnitTS, an Architecture Testing Library
• (37:40) - Community Highlight: oxfmt is 2-3X Faster Than Biome and 45X Faster Than Prettier
• (38:46) - Discussion: Got the Nx Blues? Try Moonrepo
• (40:48) - Community Highlight: Enforcing Strict Object Properties in TypeScript
• (42:18) - Community Highlight: Watch Web Dev Simplified Struggle Through Type Challenges
• (43:10) - Community Highlight: TypeScript's Coding Guidelines Are Not For Us
• (44:37) - Cool Watches: Rolldown Internals and Beyond Signals
• (45:21) - Cool Tip: Don't Forget About AbortController
• (46:01) - Cool Tool: SpriteFusion Tile Map Editor
• (46:47) - Cool Product: Stylish Solar Shingles
• (49:15) - The Minnesota Long Goodbye

News

• Happy National AWS Outage Day!
• Remix: Remix Jam 2025 (4 hours) announced V3, built on Preact (3min and 20min summaries, plus reddit discussion)
• SpacetimeDB 1.6 adds beta support for TS modules
• Node 25 is out (bsky summary by Rafael)
• Lit joins Open JS Foundation
• VoidZero: New blog post with details around Vite+
• ECMAScript News: Map Upsert proposal heralded by TS devs (h/t Rob Palmer)  
• ECMAScript News: Import bytes lands in ESBuild (+ Deno, Bun, and webpack) (h/t Rob Palmer)

From the Community

• NodeSource: 15 Recent Node.js Features that Replace Popular npm Packages
• Deno: Deno's Other Open Source Projects
• Library Watch: SnoopLogg v6.0.4, a CLI logging library
• Library Watch: LukasNiessen/ArchUnitTS, an architecture testing library
• Evan You: oxfmt is 2-3X faster than Biome and 45X faster than Prettier
• Reddit: What Happened to Nx? and an alternative hidden gem, Moonrepo
• TypedRocks: This New TypeScript Utility Type Prevents Hard-To-Find Bugs!
• WebDevSimplified: Will I Survive These Advanced TypeScript Challenges?

Cool Stuff

• Cool Watch: Alexander Lichter on Rolldown: How Vite bundles at the speed of Rust
• Cool Watch: Beyond Signals by Ryan Carniato (Solid.js creator)
• Cool Tip: Stefan reminds us that AbortController is a thing
• Cool Product: SunStyle solar shingles actually look nice

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Music
Seahorse Dreams by Kubbi (Spotify)