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Announcing TypeScript 6.0 RC - TypeScript Today we are excited to announce the Release Candidate (RC) of TypeScript 6.0! To get started using the RC, you can get it through npm with the following command: npm install -D typescript@rc TypeScri...

The Release Candidate for TypeScript 6.0 is now available!

Read up on what's coming up with 6.0 & 7.0, and try it out on your codebase today!

devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/a...

06.03.2026 19:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 140 ๐Ÿ” 23 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
GitHub - alexfriesen/nuxt-wp-example: Nuxt + Headless Wordpress Example Nuxt + Headless Wordpress Example. Contribute to alexfriesen/nuxt-wp-example development by creating an account on GitHub.

I was experimenting with wp and nuxt some time ago.
Feel free to check out my implementation: github.com/alexfriesen/...

06.03.2026 12:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Release v1.0.0-beta.5 ยท zeity-dev/zeity zeity v1.0.0-beta.5 compare changes ๐Ÿš€ Enhancements time: Update time fetching logic (44e36b4) project: Protect projects from user deletion (5e33e2b) Add hints for authentication and PWA installati...

Full changelog: github.com/zeity-dev/ze...

04.03.2026 10:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿš€ zeity 1.0.0-beta.5 is here!

Highlights:
โšก Times are now bound to organisations
๐Ÿ” Reworked report filters with search
๐Ÿ” Auth improvements
๐Ÿงช Tons of new tests
๐ŸŽ๏ธ Lazy loading & dynamic imports for better performance

We're getting closer to 1.0! ๐ŸŽ‰

#zeity #timetracking #opensource #nuxt #webdev

04.03.2026 10:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It works great on desktop environments but it does not work well for many os, browser, device and password manager combinations.

18.02.2026 09:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A better experience with passkeys on mobile devices would be great.

18.02.2026 09:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Example code showing `view-transitions-mock` usage.

Example code showing `view-transitions-mock` usage.

You can stop sprinkling `if (document.startViewTransition)` guards across your codebase now, because `view-transitions-mock` is here!

github.com/GoogleChrome...

๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰

17.02.2026 22:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 36 ๐Ÿ” 8 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Release v1.0.0-beta.4 ยท zeity-dev/zeity compare changes ๐Ÿš€ Enhancements auth Add password auth (#177) user: Add user security management page and provider handling (1613329) security: Implement endpoint-specific rate limiting for API req...

๐ŸŽ‰ Zeity v1.0.0-beta.4 is here!

New features:
๐Ÿ” Password authentication workflows
๐Ÿ”— Organization invite links
๐Ÿ› Many bug fixes and improvements

Try it out: github.com/zeity-dev/ze...

#OpenSource #TimeTracking #zeity

14.02.2026 17:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Announcing TypeScript 6.0 Beta - TypeScript Today we are announcing the beta release of TypeScript 6.0! To get started using the beta, you can get it through npm with the following command: npm install -D typescript@beta TypeScript 6.0 is a uni...

TypeScript 6.0 beta is now published!

This release brings

- inference improvements for functions
- updates to package.json 'imports'
- the Temporal APIs
- alignments for the upcoming TypeScript 7.0
- & more!

Try it today!

devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/a...

11.02.2026 19:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 149 ๐Ÿ” 36 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

I just sponsored @harlanzw.com for his amazong work in the nuxt ecosystem. What a legend!

11.02.2026 08:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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ESLint v10.0.0 released - ESLint - Pluggable JavaScript Linter A pluggable and configurable linter tool for identifying and reporting on patterns in JavaScript. Maintain your code quality with ease.

ESLint v10.0.0 is officially here!

๐Ÿ“‰ Smaller download (11MB โžก๏ธ 9.4MB)
๐Ÿšซ Removal of the eslintrc configuration system
โš›๏ธ Improved JSX reference tracking for better scope analysis
๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Enhanced RuleTester for better rules

Check out the full release notes:
eslint.org/blog/2026/02...

06.02.2026 23:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 69 ๐Ÿ” 12 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Release v1.0.0-beta.3 ยท zeity-dev/zeity compare changes ๐Ÿš€ Enhancements Add header user menu (c74da84) Add custom links (a10aa08) Overhaul docs site (#170) Add custom links (#169) Rework bottom navigation and highlight running timer (c7c...

Zeity v1.0.0-beta.3 was released with a lot of nice things.

๐Ÿ“– Overhauled documentation
๐Ÿ“ Layout improvements
๐Ÿงญ Navigation improvements
๐ŸŽจ Styling improvements

www.zeity.dev

github.com/zeity-dev/ze...

04.02.2026 21:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This will improve a lot of projects!!! Exciting feature ๐ŸคŒ

04.02.2026 07:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Congratulations

04.02.2026 06:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Recognition of Work on Open-Source as Volunteering in Germany - Online-Petition Open-Source-Software builds the foundations of digital infrastructure in big parts - in administration, economy, science and daily life. Even the current coalition agreement of the Federal Government ...

Good morning @fosdem.org and #FOSDEM people. It would be great if you could share, sign and talk about the #petition to get #opensource work recognized as #volunteering for the common good in Gernany www.openpetition.de/petition/onl... ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿงก Thank you #FOSS

31.01.2026 09:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Istio Gateway API Setup in Kubernetes - Alexander Friesen Complete guide for Istio Gateways with Kubernetes Gateway API, Cert-Manager and TLS. Terraform setup, HTTPRoutes and Let's Encrypt integration.

Hey there! ๐Ÿ‘‹

The ingress-nginx retirement forced me to finally dive into Istio + Gateway API.

Everything you need: Terraform installation, Cert-Manager config, HTTPRoutes, Let's Encrypt integration and a lot of YAML.

Hope it helps!

www.alexfriesen.net/en/snippets/...

#kubernetes #k8s #istio

03.02.2026 13:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Release v1.0.0-beta.2 ยท zeity-dev/zeity ๐Ÿš€ Enhancements Implement organisation quota (70c5458) Improve members quota info visuals (fd37c9e) Improve user page structure (054bc29) Accept or reject invites from the user's profile (18e91e8) ...

New Beta Alert: Zeity 1.0.0-beta.2 โšก

More features, less friction. We just dropped an update focused on making your workflow feel seamless.

Highlights:
โœ… One-tap Org invites
๐Ÿ”ข Auto-rounding messy minutes
๐ŸŽจ Shiny new UI for User & Org pages

Full changelog here: ๐Ÿ‘‰ github.com/zeity-dev/ze...

27.01.2026 09:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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GitHub - zeity-dev/zeity: modern time tracking app modern time tracking app. Contribute to zeity-dev/zeity development by creating an account on GitHub.

Time tracking doesn't have to suck. Meet Zeity. โฑ๏ธโœจ

Modern, open-source, and super easy to use.

๐ŸŽจ Clean & intuitive UI.
โ–ถ๏ธ Simple Start/Stop/Next flow.
๐Ÿ‘ฅ Org & project management + reporting.
๐Ÿ”“ Fully Open Source.

Stop fighting your stopwatch. ๐Ÿš€

Check it out on GitHub: ๐Ÿ‘‰ github.com/zeity-dev/ze...

27.01.2026 08:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Progress on TypeScript 7 - December 2025 - TypeScript Earlier this year, the TypeScript team announced that weโ€™ve been porting the compiler and language service to native code to take advantage of better raw performance, memory usage, and parallelism. Th...

We've got some updates on TypeScript 7! The new native port

- can type-check any project
- supports --build and --incremental
- has rich editor features implemented
- is still 10x faster

and is ready for you to try today!

devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/p...

02.12.2025 17:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 249 ๐Ÿ” 57 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 10

๐Ÿ“ฐ The v21 version is out now. Get all the details on the latest features in one place.
๐Ÿ‘‰goo.gle/angular-v21-blog

What part are you most excited to try first? ๐Ÿ‘‡

19.11.2025 21:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 26 ๐Ÿ” 13 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Show long cutscenes before a boss fight and can not be skipped

12.11.2025 13:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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State of JavaScript 2025 Take the State of JavaScript survey

Go take the State of JavaScript 2025 survey if you have a minute! survey.devographics.com/survey/state...

04.11.2025 13:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Node.js โ€” Node.js v24.11.0 (LTS) Node.jsยฎ is a free, open-source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment that lets developers create servers, web apps, command line tools and scripts.

New @nodejs.org 24.11.0 release.
nodejs.org/en/blog/rele...

This release marks the transition of Node.js 24.x into Long Term Support (LTS). It will continue to receive updates through to the end of April 2028.

28.10.2025 17:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 57 ๐Ÿ” 14 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Node.js Node.jsยฎ is a free, open-source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment that lets developers create servers, web apps, command line tools and scripts.

Node.js v24.10.0 is out.

* Per-stream inspectOptions support in console
* Removal of util.getCallSite (in favour of util.getCallSites)
* Upgraded OpenSSL to 3.5.4 and npm to 11.6.1
* Various src and benchmark optimizations

https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v24.10.0

13.10.2025 14:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 41 ๐Ÿ” 8 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Nuxt UI v4 ยท Nuxt Blog Nuxt UI v4 unifies Nuxt UI and Nuxt UI Pro into one powerful, completely free library. With over 110 components, 12 templates, and a comprehensive Figma kit, all of this is available for free.

Nuxt UI v4 it out โœจ

It unifies Nuxt UI and Nuxt UI Pro into a fully open-source library with:
- 100+ components
- 10+ free templates
- Figma Kit for everyone

nuxt.com/blog/nuxt-u...

23.09.2025 12:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 119 ๐Ÿ” 23 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Node.js โ€” Node.js v24.6.0 (Current) Node.jsยฎ is a free, open-source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment that lets developers create servers, web apps, command line tools and scripts.

Node.js v24.6.0 is out๐Ÿ’š

Highlights:

* Use your systemโ€™s trusted certificates with NODE_USE_SYSTEM_CA=1
* crypto: ML-DSA (KeyObject/sign/verify)
* http: server.keepAliveTimeoutBuffer
* zlib: Zstd dictionary support
* fs: Utf8Stream (from SonicBoom)

Changelog: nodejs.org/en/blog/rele...

15.08.2025 14:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 24 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Announcing Nuxt 4.0 ยท Nuxt Blog Nuxt 4.0 is here! A thoughtful evolution focused on developer experience, with better project organization, smarter data fetching, and improved type safety.

Nuxt 4.0 is here at last โ€ฆ and it's all about DX โœจ

๐Ÿ—‚๏ธ app/ directory for better organisation
๐Ÿ”„ smarter data fetching
โšก๏ธ a faster CLI with socket communication
๐Ÿ”ง improved TypeScript integration

... and a smooth upgrade experience. ๐Ÿ’š

๐Ÿ‘‰ nuxt.com/blog/v4

15.07.2025 22:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 218 ๐Ÿ” 56 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7 ๐Ÿ“Œ 9
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Vite 7.0 is out! Vite 7 Release Announcement

โšก๏ธ Vite 7.0 is out!

- Browser Target Changed to Baseline Widely Available
- Node 18 support dropped. Vite is now distributed as ESM only
- And feats, fixes, and cleanups, while we prepare for rolldown!

24.06.2025 12:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 351 ๐Ÿ” 72 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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โšก H3 v2 beta is ready to try!

โ€” Fully rewritten on web standards, backward-compatible, and faster than ever!

๐Ÿ‘‰ Release notes: h3.dev/blog/v2-beta

10.06.2025 14:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 110 ๐Ÿ” 21 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Node.js โ€” Node v24.0.0 (Current) Node.jsยฎ is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine.

Node.js 24 is here and it's looking good ๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿš€

Featuring updates to V8 v13.6, npm v11, improved Permission Model and more new features in the blog.

Check it out and let us know what you think: hubs.ly/Q03lfLDC0

06.05.2025 15:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 108 ๐Ÿ” 35 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3