TS 6 RC, Astro 6, and Web Sanitizer API | News | Ep 58

About this episode

The episode covers updates in TypeScript 6, Astro 6, and the Web Sanitizer API, along with community insights and discussions.

News for the week of March 3, 2026 : minor updates in TypeScript 6 Release Candidate, what's new in Astro 6 updates, and latest Chrome revives Sanitizer API. From the community: when to use return types, remembering service workers, and why Patreon took seven years to adopt TypeScript. Sponsored by Excalibur.js Excalibur.js is the free and open source friendly TypeScript 2D game engine for the web. Learn to make web games with TypeScript or JavaScript! Excalibur comes out-of-the-box with everything you need, like physics, sprites, animations, sound effects, and first-party plugins for popular 2D gamedev tools. Homepage and Docs: https://excaliburjs.com Make Your First Game in 10 Minutes Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/9UemP985Uy Chapters (00:00) - Welcome to the Show (05:35) - News: TypeScript 6 Release Candidate (07:17) - News: TypeScript 7 Buzz (07:54) - News: TC39 Intl Era Advances to Stage 4 (08:41) - News: TC39 error.prototype.stack Advances to Stage 2.7 (09:04) - News: Node is Switching Up Release Schedule (09:46) - News: Chrome Moves to Two Week Release Cycle (10:43) - News: Chrome 146 Re-introduces Web Sanitizer API (13:27) - News: Astro 6 Brings the Noise (20:11)…

People in this episode

Hosts: Kamran Ayub, Erik Onarheim

Topics covered

• TypeScript
• Astro
• Web Sanitizer API
• Chrome updates
• Community discussions
• Game development

Keywords

• TypeScript
• Astro
• Web Sanitizer API
• Chrome
• Excalibur.js
• game development
• service workers
• Patreon
• community discussions

Sponsors

Excalibur.js

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Chrome, Patreon, Node, TC39

Products: TypeScript 6 Release Candidate, Astro 6, Web Sanitizer API, ArkType 2.2, std-semver

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