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. HACE 9 H

    138: Next.js Leans into AI Agents

    Microsoft dropped the last version of JavaScript-powered TypeScript this week with TS 6.0. TypeScript 6 bridges the gap between the TS of yesteryear and the soon to come Go-powered TS compiler of TypeScript 7 that users can fix now so they can smoothly upgrade later. Next.js 16.2 debuted this week with the usual performance improvements expected in a minor version upgrade, plus AI improvements to make AI-assisted development smoother and easier. In response to Cloudflare’s Vinext fork a few weeks back, Vercel’s released a stable of adapter APIs to make deploying Next.js apps to hosting platforms besides Vercel easier. While this is a step in the right direction, it’s still not exactly “easy” to get all the bells and whistles of a Next app running on other platforms. Timestamps: 0:52 - TypeScript 65:04 - Next 16.216:06 - Next.js adapters20:04 - Firefox gets split views22:03 - OpenAI shuts down Sora25:48 - Claude can control your whole computer now26:43 - Out Claude Cowork updates36:41 - Ollama update38:37 - What’s making us happyNews: Paige - TypeScript 6Jack - Next.js adapters and potential Claude file setupTJ - Next.js 16.2 Lightning News:  Firefox gets split view tooOpenAI shuts down SoraClaude can control your whole computer nowWhat Makes Us Happy this Week: Paige - Claude CoworkJack - GrillingTJ - The Strength of the Few bookThanks 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

    51 min

  2. 23 MAR

    137: Netlify Enters the AI App Builder Race

    This week the VoidZero team shipped Vite 8. It’s using Rolldown under the hood and boasting 30x faster builds, full plugin compatibility, integrated devtools, and a searchable registry for all plugins. Co-host Jack has officially joined Netlify as a Principal Developer Experience Engineer and announces the launch of Netlify Start. Start a new Netlify project with a prompt on the site, and see it built and deployed in minutes, and keep iterating on it from there. The Node.js team is changing their release schedule so that every release now (both even and odd) numbers will be an LTS release, and beginning in 2027, it will be named release 27, just to make it easier for everyone. Timestamps: 0:57 - Vite 8 is out8:04 - Jack joins Netlify and Netlify Start12:21 - Node.js is changing their release cadence20:10 - The dictionary sues OpenAI23:18 - Vercel v. Cloudflare on X31:20 - Quite the tweet from Sam Altman39:18 - What’s making us happyNews: Paige - Vite 8 is outJack - Jack joined Netlify and launches Netlify StartTJ - Node.js is changing their release scheduleLightning News:  The dictionary sues OpenAIQuite the tweet from Sam AltmanVercel vs. Cloudflare on XWhat Makes Us Happy this Week: Paige - Afrin nasal sprayJack - Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die and Project Hail MaryTJ - One Piece live action series and college basketballThanks 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

  3. 16 MAR

    136: VoidZero Wants to be the Laravel of JavaScript

    JavaScript framework Eleventy has been renamed Build Awesome, 1.5 years after joining the Font Awesome stable. The name change precedes Build Awesome Pro, which will offer premium features alongside the features Eleventy users know and love. Today the Awesomeverse got a little awesomer. The VoidZero team also open-sourced Vite+, which is a unified toolchain and entry point to web app development that manages runtime, package manager, and frontend toolchain all in one. Since being acquired by Cloudflare, the Astro team had their first big release with Astro 6.0, which includes a new dev server and build pipeline powered by Vite’s environment API so it can run the exact same production runtime during development. Other upgrades include a built-in Fonts API, request-time content, and a new experimental Rust compiler. Timestamps: 0:54 - Eleventy becomes Build Awesome5:40 - VoidZero announces Vite+ alpha10:38 - Astro 6.015:39 - Mozilla is working on a big Firefox redesign17:53 - The Chrome team is looking for feedback on focusgroup20:31 - Updates to TanStack AI22:21 - OpenClaw gripe with lack of permissions27:22 - Moltbook get acquired by Meta30:05 - What’s making us happyNews: Paige - Astro 6.0Jack - VoidZero announces Vite+ AlphaTJ - Eleventy becomes Build Awesome and the original Font Awesome Kickstarter videoLightning News:  Mozilla is working on a big Firefox redesignThe Chrome team is looking for feedback on focusgroupUpgrades to TanStack AIOpenClaw gripe with lack of permissions with v2026.3.2Moltbook is acquired by MetaWhat Makes Us Happy this Week: Paige - Foundation TV seriesJack - Taxes done with Firefly IIITJ - Claude CodeThanks 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

    49 min

  4. 9 MAR

    135: Bun is Back in the Oven

    This week's a non-AI episode! It’s been a minute since we last discussed Bun, but the team is back with a new release. In v1.3.10, the REPL’s completely rewritten in Zig, barrel imports are optimized, and the JavaScriptCore engine got upgraded for big perf gains. Npmx, a fast, modern browser for the npm registry has reached alpha version in less than 2 months of existence. Its goal is to make it easy for devs to find, evaluate, and manage npm packages, and boasts cool features like the ability to compare packages and even launch demo environments directly from package READMEs.  Solid 2.0.0 jumped straight from experimental to beta this week, and it introduces changes like: async is first-class, derived state is a primitive, dev guardrails to prevent foot guns, and a DOM cleanup model. Timestamps: 2:04 - Bun v1.3.108:39 - npmx13:03 - Solid 2.0 beta22:42 - PlanetScale bought Drizzle ORM23:46 - Safari is getting customizable s27:26 - Fire starter30:15 - What’s making us happyNews: Paige - npmxJack - Solid 2.0 betaTJ - Bun v1.3.10Lightning News:  Safari is getting customizable sPlanetScale bought Drizzle ORMFire Starter: Navigation API is baseline availableWhat Makes Us Happy this Week: Paige - Kytin Parasole shoesJack - ImmichTJ - Stratechery’s coverage of the Anthropic v. DoW sagaThanks 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

    45 min

  5. 2 MAR

    134: Anthropic is Having a Week

    This week’s episode is all about Anthropic. First up, Anthropic unveiled Claude Remote Control, which will let users continue a Claude session back on their personal machine from a phone, tablet via the Claude mobile app. Watch out OpenClaw. Anthropic continued making news by refusing to bow to the Department of War’s request for “unrestricted use” of its AI for military purposes, including domestic surveillance and fully-autonomous weapons. We’ll let you know if those defense contracts get revoked or not. On a lighter note, a developer at Cloudflare rebuilt Next.js with AI as a drop-in replacement using Vite... in one week. That’s right! $1,100 worth of tokens, access to Next’s docs and test suite, and Claude Code, and Bob’s your uncle! Timestamps: 1:09 - Claude Code Remote Control7:52 - Anthropic vs. the DoW17:46 - Cloudflare rebuilt Next.js with AI27:17 - Oxfmt beta29:31 - style-components adds RSC support30:52 - Controlling 7000 vacuums with Claude Code36:12 - What’s making us happyNews: Paige - Claude Remote ControlJack - Anthropic vs the DoW (Dept of War)TJ - Cloudflare rebuilt Next.js with AILightning News:  styled-components adds RSC supportAccidentally controlling 7000 vacuums with Claude CodeOxfmt has reached betaWhat Makes Us Happy this Week: Paige - A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms TV showJack - SyncThingTJ - TanStack StartThanks 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

    48 min

  6. 24 FEB

    133: State of React 2025: The Results Are In

    It’s survey results reason, and the State of React 2025 results are in!  As in the past, Next.js continues to dominate as one of the most used frameworks, but TanStack Start is one to watch. Other honorable mentions include: Zustand, Vite, and (most importantly) Front-end Fire tying for fifth place in the podcast section. Thank you, listeners! Google has a new proposal called WebMCP, which is a way to define structured tools for agents visiting a site, ensuring they can perform actions with increased speed, reliability, and precision. And instead of complicated build processes to convert HTML to markdown for AI agents’ benefit, Cloudflare now offers real-time content conversion when AI systems request pages from any Cloudflare site. That’s pretty great! Timestamps: 1:03 - State of React survey results12:22 - WebMCP24:27 - Markdown for AI agents34:27 - TypeScript 6.0 beta38:00 - Chrome gets split view41:09 - What’s making us happyNews: Paige - Markdown for AI agentsJack - WebMCPTJ - State of React 2025 survey results and Claude ReceiptsLightning News:  TypeScript 6.0 betaChrome gets split viewWhat Makes Us Happy this Week: Paige - New Girl TV showJack - GridfinityTJ - The ResidenceThanks 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

    50 min

  7. 16 FEB

    132: What Developers Really Think: State of JS 2025 Survey Results

    The State of JavaScript 2025 survey results are in this week, and there’s some givens and some surprises this year. Givens: Vite's still a favorites and devs want more native TS features. Surprises: ChatGPT usage declined, no one’s using Windsurf, and Bun is the third most-used JS runtime. And thanks for making us the most written-in podcast of the survey! We appreciate it! An 8 month study conducted by the Harvard Business Review reports AI tools don’t shrink work for employees, they actually intensify it. Employees work faster, take on more tasks, and work longer hours, which can lead to burnout, cognitive fatigue, and lower quality work over time.  And there’s yet another new React2Shell flaw that’s being exploited by the ILOVEPOOP toolkit to scan and target vulnerable Next.js and RSC environments. Patch your React apps, folks. Timestamps: 0:59 - State of JS survey results23:53 - Harvard Business Review’s report on how AI is changing work35:30 - React2Shell exploits and ILOVEPOOP40:08 - The largest domain name purchase ever43:00 - Adobe Acrobat can turn PDFs into podcasts46:48 - We hit 100k downloads!47:55 - What’s making us happyNews: Paige - State of JavaScript survey results 2025Jack - React2Shell exploitsTJ - HBR reports AI didn’t shrink work for employees, it intensified it and the burnout is getting realLightning News:  Thanks for helping us reach 100k downloads!The largest publicly disclosed domain name purchase everAdobe Acrobat can turn PDFs into podcastsWhat Makes Us Happy this Week: Paige - San Diego Zoo Safari ParkJack - Bambu Lab H2CTJ - Ubuntu OSThanks 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

  8. 9 FEB

    131: OpenClaw and the Wild West of Autonomous AI Agents

    Malicious code is making its way into VS Code extensions this week, as two Chinese-based AI coding assistants are identified as capturing every file on a user’s computer and sending it to servers in China without their knowledge or consent. Please just be cautious about what you’re installing on your machines, folks. In related news, the Deno team has introduced Deno sandboxes to create and deploy secure, isolated VMs in the cloud. Strict permissions, network policies, directories, and isolated secrets—make these sandboxes great for AI agents, or any other dynamic workload where speed and security are paramount. And the software going viral this week is OpenClaw (aka Clawdbot aka Moltbot), which is an open source, autonomous AI agent that runs locally on a user’s machine. OpenClaw can connect to LLMs and perform tasks like managing emails, scheduling, reorganizing local files or other daily tasks, and is designed to be proactive rather than just reacting to prompts. It’s truly the Wild West giving an AI agent access to read all the files on a machine or respond to emails on its own, so be careful out there, folks. Timestamps: 1:07 - VS Code AI plugins are stealing data10:47 - Deno sandboxes16:09 - OpenClaw43:41 - More Gemini features are coming to Chrome45:33 - Apple containers46:44 - What’s making us happyNews: Paige - VS Code AI plugins are stealing all the data of users computers (silently)Jack - Deno sandboxesTJ - OpenClaw (aka Clawdbot aka Moltbot) and our lack of trust for AI agentsLightning News:  More Gemini features are coming to ChromeApple ContainersWhat Makes Us Happy this Week: Paige - Claude CodeJack - Sneakers movieTJ - Firefox browserThanks 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

    57 min
Ver todo (139)

Tráiler

Acerca de

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

Información

  • Creador
    TJ VanToll, Paige Niedringhaus, Jack Herrington
  • Años de actividad
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodios
    139
  • Clasificación
    Apto
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Front-End Fire
  • Mostrar sitio web
    Front-End Fire

También te podría interesar