Dependency Cooldowns: Make Your Package Manager Wait Before It Trusts New Code
npm, pnpm, Yarn, and Bun can all refuse package versions that are only hours old. Here's how each one's release-age gate works, why the unit...
Oct 13, 2026
4 min
The padlock that lied: what CoreWLAN's supportsSecurity really answers
Every open Wi-Fi network came back as Enhanced Open. Why the API said yes, and how to test Wi-Fi security code with no Location permission a...
Oct 4, 2026
5 min
Your tsconfig Is Still Written for TypeScript 5. Here's the Cleanup TS 7 Forces
TypeScript 6 flipped half a dozen compiler defaults and TypeScript 7 deleted the options it deprecated. Here's the tsconfig audit that gets ...
Oct 4, 2026
3 min
Node.js Type Stripping: Run TypeScript Without a Build Step
Node.js now runs .ts files out of the box by erasing types, not compiling them. Here's what that buys you, what it refuses to do, and the ts...
Oct 1, 2026
4 min
Compression Dictionaries: Ship Only the Diff When Your Bundle Changes
Compression Dictionary Transport (RFC 9842) lets the browser tell your server which cached file it already has, so a redeployed bundle can a...
Sep 28, 2026
4 min
import defer: Lazy Modules Without Going Async
ES2026's import defer evaluates a module the first time you touch its namespace, not at startup, so you can move heavy work off the cold pat...
Sep 22, 2026
3 min
Turbopack's Persistent Build Cache Only Helps If Your CI Keeps It
Next.js 16.3 turned on Turbopack's persistent build cache by default and published numbers as high as 5.5x. Most CI pipelines will see exact...
Sep 21, 2026
4 min
GraphQL @oneOf: Exactly One Input, Enforced by the Schema
OneOf Input Objects landed in the September 2025 GraphQL spec, which means the exactly-one-of-these-arguments rule you've been enforcing in ...
Sep 14, 2026
3 min
node --test: The Test Runner You Already Have Installed
Node's built-in test runner has been stable since v20 and now handles mocking, coverage, watch mode, and TypeScript files. Here's what it do...
Sep 12, 2026
3 min