pnpm 11 deep dive with lead maintainer Zoltan Kochan

About this episode

Zoltan Kochan discusses the major updates in pnpm 11 and the future of its development.

pnpm lead maintainer Zoltan Kochan joins PodRocket to unpack pnpm 11's biggest shifts: a new minimum release age default that blocks npm registry packages under 24 hours old, a cleaner allow builds config replacing scattered post-install script settings, and the experimental global virtual store that slashes install times with Git worktrees. Zoltan also shares why a Rust rewrite of pnpm's engine is now underway, and how AI-assisted development made it possible far sooner than expected. Links Website: https://www.kochan.io/ Github: https://github.com/zkochan LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zkochan X: https://x.com/zoltankochan Mastodon: https://fosstodon.org/@zkochan Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/kochan.io Resources pnpm release blog post: https://pnpm.io/blog/releases/11.0 We want to hear from you! How did you find us? Did you see us on Twitter? In a newsletter? Or maybe we were recommended by a friend? Fill out our listener survey ! https://t.co/oKVAEXipxu Let us know by sending an email to our producer, Elizabeth, at  elizabeth.becz@logrocket.com , or tweet at us at  PodRocketPod . Check out our newsletter ! https://blog.logrocket.com/the-replay-newsletter/…

People in this episode

Host: LogRocket

Guest: Zoltan Kochan

Topics covered

• pnpm
• software development
• package management
• AI-assisted development
• Rust

Keywords

• pnpm
• Zoltan Kochan
• package management
• Rust rewrite
• AI development

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Organizations: pnpm, LogRocket, Git, Rust, Twitter, LinkedIn, Mastodon, Bluesky

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