About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of AI on coding, the transition to Rust, and npm's efforts to enhance security.

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 script...

People in this episode

Hosts: Jack Herrington, TJ VanToll, Paige Niedringhaus

Topics covered

• AI
• Rust
• npm
• Web Development
• Coding
• Technology

Keywords

• AI
• Rust
• npm
• Greenfield Games
• coding battle
• Web Development
• security

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: npm

Products: Bun, Rust

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