Announcing TypeScript 7, Bun 1.4 is in Rust, and Vite+ Beta | News | Ep 74

News for the first half of July, 2026: TypeScript 7 is now generally available, Bun's Rust port will be official in v1.4, plus Nuxt 4.5, and Astro 7.1 updates. From the community: Tangled is the new hotness, a tool that can refactor TypeScript, and a modern CSS theming guide.

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Chapters

(00:00) - Welcome to the Show

(09:12) - Tools: TypeScript 7 is Now Stable and Available

(13:06) - Tools: Vite+ is Now in Beta

(15:17) - Tools: Vite 8.1 Brings Experimental Bundle Dev Mode

(17:40) - Tools: Nx 23 Supports Angular 22 and TypeScript 6

(18:25) - Runtimes: Bun is Ported to Rust from Zig

(25:22) - Runtimes: Node 26.5.0 Brings Experimental Import Text Support