Vite 8, Vite+, Void, and How Well AI Plays Runescape | News | Ep 59

About this episode

The episode covers the latest news in the TypeScript community, including updates on Vite 8, Vite+, and AI's performance in Runescape.

News for the week of March 9, 2026 : it's VoidZero all the way down, seriously. From the community: TanStack makes hotkeys simple, plus how good are AI agents at playing Runescape? 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 (05:53) - News: Vite 8 is Here! (11:18) - News: Vite+ Alpha is Free and Open Source (16:12) - News: VoidZero Launches void.cloud to Deploy Your Vite App (20:17) - PSA: Hold Onto Your Butts for More Node Security Releases (21:27) - Library Watch: Vitest 4.1 Adds Test Tags (23:56) - Library Watch: Video.js v10 Beta (26:06) - Library Watch: Effect v4 Beta (28:07) - Library Watch: SyncPack v14 Syncs Monorepo Deps (30:03) - Library Watch: angular-doctor Checks Health of Angular Apps (30:56) - Community Highlights…

People in this episode

Hosts: Kamran Ayub, Erik Onarheim

Topics covered

• Vite 8
• Vite+
• VoidZero
• AI in gaming
• TypeScript libraries
• Community highlights

Keywords

• Vite 8
• Excalibur.js
• AI agents
• Runescape
• TanStack
• TypeScript
• game development

Sponsors

Excalibur.js

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: TanStack

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