Front-End Fire

TJ VanToll, Paige Niedringhaus, Jack Herrington

A weekly show that helps you stay up to date on the latest and greatest in the front-end world.

  1. 4 days ago

    150: The Government Said “No Fable For You”

    Anthropic's new Fable model gets pulled days after launch when the US government restricts foreign access, a fully open-source Chinese model claims Claude Opus-level benchmarks for a fraction of the price, and MDN ships an MCP server to keep AI agents current on the web platform. Plus npm 12's supply-chain crackdown and SpaceX's eye-popping $60B Cursor buy. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro1:27 - Anthropic released Fable and the US government shut it down13:51 - GLM-5.220:16 - MDN MCP Server25:42 - npm 12's breaking changes31:38 - SpaceX bought Cursor for $60B39:13 - What's Making Us HappyNews Paige: MDN MCP ServerJack: GLM-5.2TJ: Anthropic released Fable and the US shut it down days laterLightning News SpaceX bought Cursor for $60Bnpm 12 breaking changesWhat's Making Us Happy Paige: Newest season of Clarkson's Farm and World Cup international fansJack: Portland PicklesTJ: Claude CoworkThanks as always to our sponsor, the Blue Collar Coder channel on YouTube. Join us in our Discord, explore our website and reach us via email, or talk to us on X, Bluesky, or YouTube. Front-End Fire websiteBlue Collar Coder on YouTubeBlue Collar Coder on DiscordReach out via emailTweet at us on X @front_end_fireFollow us on Bluesky @front-end-fire.comSubscribe to our YouTube channel @Front-EndFirePodcast

    1 hr

  2. 15 Jun

    149: Rise of the React Foundation

    React officially leaves the Meta building to live under the new React Foundation (and the React Compiler gets rewritten in Rust), Apple's WWDC unveils a stacked Safari 27 beta, and Chrome DevTools 149 levels up its AI features. A jam-packed week in front-end news. Timestamps  0:00 - Intro  1:27 - React is now officially owned by the React Foundation  3:07 - React Compiler is now in Rust  5:56 - Safari 27 beta  12:12 - DevTools 149 updates  23:46 - State of CSS survey 2026  27:54 - Fire Starter  32:15 - What's Making Us Happy  News Paige: WebKit in Safari 27 betaJack: React is now owned by the React Foundation & React Compiler is now in RustTJ: DevTools 149 updatesLightning News State of CSS survey 2026 — go vote for us under your favorite web dev podcasts!Fire Starter Advanced Perceptual Contrast AlgorithmWhat's Making Us Happy Paige: Blocks of focus timeJack: AI is saving money and time — Burn Baby BurnTJ: SportsThanks as always to our sponsor, the Blue Collar Coder channel on YouTube. Join us in our Discord, explore our website and reach us via email, or talk to us on X, Bluesky, or YouTube. Front-End Fire website Blue Collar Coder on YouTube Blue Collar Coder on Discord Reach out via email Tweet at us on X @front_end_fire Follow us on Bluesky @front-end-fire.com Subscribe to our YouTube channel @Front-EndFirePodcast

    52 min

  3. 8 Jun

    148: The Bots Have Officially Taken Over

    In this episode: people are still writing new programming language, Microsoft is going all "developers, developers, developers" again, and bots are apparently outnumbering humans on the web now. Timestamps: 1:55 - Bot traffic has passed human traffic5:28 - The Jam programming language12:04 - Jack at Microsoft Build29:26 - Cloudflare bought VoidZero34:46 - Red Hat is the latest victim of Shai Hulud38:39 - Anthropic wants AI dev to slow down41:35 - Someone used a Waymo in a robbery46:47 - What’s making us happyNews: Paige - There’s a new programming language called JamJack - Microsoft Build coverageTJ - Bot web traffic has passed human web trafficLightning News:  Red Hat is the latest victim of Shai Hulud on npmAnthropic wants AI development to slow down for the public goodPolice have yet to catch a thief who used a Waymo to steal yoga clothesCloudflare bought VoidZeroWhat Makes Us Happy this Week: Paige - For All Mankind TV seriesJack - Custom Microsoft swagTJ - Claude Desktop BuddyThanks as always to our sponsor, the Blue Collar Coder channel on YouTube. You can join us in our Discord channel, explore our website and reach us via email, or talk to us on X, Bluesky, or YouTube. Front-end Fire websiteBlue Collar Coder on YouTubeBlue Collar Coder on DiscordReach out via emailTweet at us on X @front_end_fireFollow us on Bluesky @front-end-fire.comSubscribe to our YouTube channel @Front-EndFirePodcast

    59 min

  4. 1 Jun

    147: Vercel Made a Programming Language for Robots

    In this episode npm implements staged publishing, Deno is patrolling your claws, and Vercel has a new agent-first language. Timestamps: 0:58 - npm staged publishing4:52 - Claw Patrol11:00 - zerolang20:18 - Wordpress 7.023:46 - Dr. Axel takes down his blog and books33:31 - What’s making us happyNews: Paige - zerolang, an agent first programming languageJack - Claw PatrolTJ - npm staged publishingLightning News:  Wordpress 7.0 and AIDr. Axel takes down his blog and booksWhat Makes Us Happy this Week: Paige - St. Augustine Old Town Trolley Tours and the Porsche Performance Track ExperienceJack - Shokz OpenDots headphonesTJ - NBA Jam lead designer was a Pistons fanThanks as always to our sponsor, the Blue Collar Coder channel on YouTube. You can join us in our Discord channel, explore our website and reach us via email, or talk to us on X, Bluesky, or YouTube. Front-end Fire websiteBlue Collar Coder on YouTubeBlue Collar Coder on DiscordReach out via emailTweet at us on X @front_end_fireFollow us on Bluesky @front-end-fire.comSubscribe to our YouTube channel @Front-EndFirePodcast

    53 min

  5. 25 May

    146: Humans vs AI—Fight!

    On this episode: Rust has another convert, npm takes another stab at stopping the hackers, and Jack had a coding battle against robots. Timestamps: 1:00 - Bun switches to Rust6:45 - Jack’s battle against AI on Greenfield Games16:01 - npm RFC to block install scripts22:10 - State of Web Dev AI survey results37:10 - Mark Erikson joins the AI revolution41:45 - What’s making us happyNews: Paige - Bun, but in RustJack - Jason Lengstorf’s Greenfield Games TV showTJ - npm RFC to block install scriptsLightning News:  State of Web Dev AI survey resultsMark Erikson joins the AI revolutionWhat Makes Us Happy this Week: Paige - Riding in WaymosJack - Wilma the Bat Dog for the Portland PicklesTJ - Dungeon Crawler Carl book seriesThanks as always to our sponsor, the Blue Collar Coder channel on YouTube. You can join us in our Discord channel, explore our website and reach us via email, or talk to us on X, Bluesky, or YouTube. Front-end Fire websiteBlue Collar Coder on YouTubeBlue Collar Coder on DiscordReach out via emailTweet at us on X @front_end_fireFollow us on Bluesky @front-end-fire.comSubscribe to our YouTube channel @Front-EndFirePodcast

    52 min

  6. 18 May

    145: AI Layoffs Will Continue Until Morale Improves

    In this episode: An IDE written in Rust hits 1.0; more vulnerabilities, this time in TanStack and Next.js; and the AI layoffs continue—we’ll discuss whether you should be worried. Timestamps: 0:46 - Alternative editor Zed hits 1.010:48 - AI layoffs24:12 - TanStack’s CI pipeline was compromised30:01 - Another Next.js vulnerability31:46 - Tailwind 4.3 adds new scrollbar utilities35:03 - Fire Starter: The new install element41:22 - What’s making us happyNews: Paige - Alternative editor Zed hits 1.0Jack - Not even TanStack is safe from npm hacks and another Next.js vulnerabilityTJ - Cloudflare lays off 1,100 employees & Cisco lays off 4,000 employeesLightning News:  Tailwind 4.3 adds new scrollbar utilitiesFire Starter: What Makes Us Happy this Week: Paige - The Porsche Track ExperienceJack - Porch planets projectTJ - Chilipad mattress topperThanks as always to our sponsor, the Blue Collar Coder channel on YouTube. You can join us in our Discord channel, explore our website and reach us via email, or talk to us on X, Bluesky, or YouTube. Front-end Fire websiteBlue Collar Coder on YouTubeBlue Collar Coder on DiscordReach out via emailTweet at us on X @front_end_fireFollow us on Bluesky @front-end-fire.comSubscribe to our YouTube channel @Front-EndFirePodcast

    53 min

  7. 11 May

    144: Did Tanner Just Replace React?

    In this episode, we look at whether “founding sponsor” is becoming the new AI acqui-hire, Tanner building a possible React replacement, and how Claude could get faster thanks to a new deal with SpaceX. Timestamps: 0:58 - Tanner builds Redact8:14 - Anthropic makes a deal with SpaceX19:03 - Warp is now open source29:58 - Node 26 is out32:07 - ChatGPT is obsessed with goblins42:21 - What’s making us happy News: Paige - Warp is open source and OpenAI is its founding sponsorJack - Projecting ReactTJ - Anthropic makes a deal with SpaceX Lightning News:  Node 26 is outChatGPT is obsessed with goblins What Makes Us Happy this Week: Paige - The Koerner Office on YouTubeJack - 3d printed Star Wars gunsTJ - The Lies of Locke Lamora novel Thanks as always to our sponsor, the Blue Collar Coder channel on YouTube. You can join us in our Discord channel, explore our website and reach us via email, or talk to us on X, Bluesky, or YouTube. Front-end Fire websiteBlue Collar Coder on YouTubeBlue Collar Coder on DiscordReach out via emailTweet at us on X @front_end_fireFollow us on Bluesky @front-end-fire.comSubscribe to our YouTube channel @Front-EndFirePodcast

    58 min

  8. 4 May

    143: The AI Bill Is Due

    In this episode: pnpm tightens its security stanceWe talk about whether the AI bill is coming dueAnd Remix v3 is back in the newsTimestamps: 1:35 - The AI price hike16:31 - Remix v3 beta preview27:33 - pnpm 11’s security changes35:28 - Firefox adds tab notes41:10 - What’s making us happyNews: Paige - AI price hikes are coming for us all, Anthropic’s changed its plan offerings, GitHub Copilot is rolling out usage based billingJack - Remix v3 beta previewTJ - pnpm 11Lightning News:  Firefox adds tab notesWhat Makes Us Happy this Week: Paige - Claude Superpower skillsJack - Ted Lasso season 4TJ - DuolingoThanks as always to our sponsor, the Blue Collar Coder channel on YouTube. You can join us in our Discord channel, explore our website and reach us via email, or talk to us on X, Bluesky, or YouTube. Front-end Fire websiteBlue Collar Coder on YouTubeBlue Collar Coder on DiscordReach out via emailTweet at us on X @front_end_fireFollow us on Bluesky @front-end-fire.comSubscribe to our YouTube channel @Front-EndFirePodcast

    55 min
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A weekly show that helps you stay up to date on the latest and greatest in the front-end world.

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  • Creator
    TJ VanToll, Paige Niedringhaus, Jack Herrington
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    151
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2026 Front-End Fire
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