Node.js Patch Tuesday, Fix Unused Imports, and Why Logging Sucks | News | Ep 51

News for the week of January 5, 2026: patch all your Node.js installations! Like now! Plus, a new TypeScript ESLint fixer for unused imports. From the community: why we all suck at logging, the concise TypeScript book, and all the JS engines in one page.

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Chapters

• (00:00) - Welcome to the Show
• (05:59) - News: Node.js Patch Tuesday
• (12:13) - News: Astro 2025 Year in Review
• (13:19) - News: What's New in ViteLand, December 2025
• (13:41) - News: TypeScript ESLint 8.5.3 Adds Unused Import Fixer
• (14:16) - Library Watch: Typique, Bundler Agnostic CSS-in-TS
• (19:04) - Community Highlight: JS Engine Zoo by Ivan Krasilnikov
• (21:24) - Community Highlight: Logging Sucks by Boris Tane
• (24:49) - Community Highlight: Optique Sync/Async Mode Support by Hongmin Lee
• (25:44) - Community Highlight: Use Vitest Projects by How to Test Frontend
• (26:27) - Community Highlight: The Concise TypeScript Book by Simone Poggiali
• (28:08) - Community Highlight: Syntax.fm with Dimitri on Type Slayer
• (29:02) - Community Highlight: Jake Bailey's GopherCon Talk Now on YT
• (29:47) - Community Highlight: Things-viz, Visualize Your Things 3 Todo Lists
• (30:40) - Bleet of the Week
• (31:09) - Secret of the Handbook: Decorators
• (33:47) - Cool Link: TransparentTextures.com
• (34:25) - Cool Link: FreeToUse.com
• (35:11) - Cool Product: Mighty-3 Music Player
• (37:51) - The Minnesota Long Goodbye

News

• Node PSA: Security Releases for January 13
• Astro: 2025 Year in Review
• VoidZero: What’s New in ViteLand: December 2025 Recap 
• TypeScript ESLint 8.53.0: Unused Imports
• Library Watch: aleksei-berezkin/typique: Bundler-agnostic, zero-runtime CSS-in-TS

From the Community

• Ivankra: Javascript Engine Zoo
• Boris Tane: Logging Sucks
• Hongmin Lee: Optique's type-safe sync/async mode support
• How to Test Frontend: Why you should start using projects in Vitest configuration
• Simone Poggiali: The Concise TypeScript Book
• Syntax.fm: How this guy got DOOM running purely in TypeScript Types 
• Devtools.fm: Storybook Modernization
• Jake Bailey: Porting TS to Go (Gophercon talk)
• David Crespo: Things-viz TypeScript CLI
• Secret of the Handbook: TypeScript Decorators Deep Dive

Cool Links

• Transparent Textures - Create background tiling images
• Free to Use - Like Lofi music
• Mighty 3 music player

Music
Seahorse Dreams by Kubbi (Spotify)