Yarn Rewritten in Rust, Anders on TypeScript, and Notepad++ Hacked | News | Ep 54

News for the week of January 26, 2026: Yarn 6.0 is rewritten in Rust, Anders interviewed on history and future of TypeScript, and a PSA on the Notepad++ update system. From the community: start using the satisfies keyword, learn more about Node Single Executable Applications (SEAs), and a DnD rule engine written in TS.

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Chapters

• (00:00) - Welcome to the Show
• (05:11) - News: Removing ES5 Target for TS 6.0
• (08:46) - News: Yarn 6.0 is Rewritten in Rust
• (13:55) - News: Anders Interviewed on History and Future of TypeScript
• (17:56) - News: Astro 5.17
• (18:24) - News: 11ty, 2025 Year in Review
• (19:33) - PSA: Notepad++ Hacked, Don't Use In-app Updater
• (21:09) - PSA: More React Vulnerabilities, Update RSC Packages
• (23:08) - Library Watch: ReliCSS, Fix Your Ancient CSS
• (24:23) - Library Watch: Clack 1.0, Stylish Prompts for CLI Tools
• (25:28) - Library Watch: TypeScript D20 Rule Engine for DnD
• (27:02) - Community Highlight: satisfies Keyword is OP
• (28:26) - Community Highlight: Does JIT Go Brrr? by Savannah.dev
• (29:22) - Community Highlight: Node SEAs by Joyee Cheung
• (30:08) - Community Highlight: Node is Getting a Virtual File System
• (31:29) - Community Highlight: Deno on Windows ARM?
• (32:27) - Community Highlight: Mocha.js Gets a Fresh Website
• (32:51) - Community Highlight: In Mastro, Everything is a Route
• (33:20) - Community Highlight: Hacking Compiler to Get const-known TemplateStringArray
• (35:04) - Community Highlight: Gamedev.js Survey Results Are In
• (37:19) - Bleet of the Week
• (39:41) - Cool Video: Metroid's 8-bit Gravity by NESHacker
• (40:21) - Cool Video: AI LEGO PixelArt Robot
• (41:10) - Cool Link: Giantbomb x MinnMax Fundraiser for VEAP
• (43:26) - Cool Watch: Planet Earth Series
• (44:41) - The Minnesota Long Goodbye

News

• TS 6.0: PR to remove ES5 merged! (via Rob Palmer)
• Yarn: New 6.0 preview, rewritten in Rust
• GitHub: 7 learnings from Anders Hejlsberg: The architect behind C# and TypeScript
• Astro 5.17 release notes 
• Eleventy, 2025 in Review 
• PSA: Notepad++ Update Servers Got Hacked, download 8.9.1 manually!
• PSA: Denial of Service Vulnerabilities in React Server Components
• Library Watch: Introducing ReliCSS: A Tool for Front-End Archaeology
• Library Watch: Clack 1.0 lets you build stylish interactive CLI prompts
• Library Watch: DnD D20 rule engine written in TypeScript

From the Community

• Web Dev Simplified: satisfies keyword is awesome
• Savannah Ostrowski: Does JIT  go brrr? 
• Joyee Cheung: Improving Single Executable Application Building for Node.js 
• Matteo Collina: VFS coming soon
• Deno: Windows ARM BUILD!?
• Joshua Goldberg: Mocha has a new Astro frontend!!
• Mastro: Everything in Mastro is a Route
• Cinny.bun.how: patching TypeScript compiler to get const-known TemplateStringsArray 
• Gamedev.js Survey Results are In: The State of Web Game Dev in 2025

Cool Links

• Metroid's 8-Bit Gravity  
• I made an AI LEGO® PixelArt Robot 
• GiantBomb and MinnMax fundraiser for VEAP
• Planet Earth (HBO)

Music
Seahorse Dreams by Kubbi (Spotify)