npmx.dev, Chrome 145 Devtools, and K'nipping Yaks | News | Ep 56

About this episode

The episode covers news about npmx.dev, Chrome 145 Devtools, and community highlights in the TypeScript ecosystem.

News for the week of Feb 16, 2026 : npmx.dev is a better frontend for npm, Chrome 145 includes some cool new toys, and we figure out that Knip is pronounced with a hard-K. From the community: fun with generics, Next.js adds an MCP server, and why OSS maintainers need to breaks (as should we all). Chapters (00:00) - Welcome to the Show (07:10) - News: We Made Our First Video Podcast Episode (09:02) - News: TS Native Gets Remote AST Speed-up of 6.4X (09:59) - News: npmx.dev is a New Frontend for npm Registry (14:13) - News: Chrome 145 Brings Some Cool New Devtools (18:41) - News: Safari 26.4 Looks to Improve CSS Grid Support (19:35) - Library Watch: Knip 5.85.0 Cleans Up Codebase Cruft (22:30) - Library Watch: @wasmground/emit Builds WASM with TS (23:58) - Library Watch: Tempest Generates Types from PHP (25:33) - Library Watch: runner 5.5.0, an All-in-one TS Framework (28:02) - Community Highlight: Build a Game Series by Deno (30:02) - Community Highlight: Next.js MCP Server (33:29) - Community Highlight: What is TC39 by Shop Talk Show (34:32) - Community Highlight: Open Source Developers Need to Take Breaks (38:16) - Community Highlight: Fun with TS Generics by Adam Rackis (39:38)…

People in this episode

Hosts: Kamran Ayub, Erik Onarheim

Topics covered

• npm frontend
• Chrome Devtools
• Next.js
• open source
• TypeScript
• community highlights

Keywords

• npmx.dev
• Chrome 145
• Knip
• Next.js
• open source
• TypeScript
• generics
• community highlights

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: npm, Chrome, Safari, Knip, Next.js, Deno, Shop Talk Show

Places: Minnesota

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