Bun 1.4, SolidStart v2, and SvelteKit v3 RC | News | Ep 78

News for the weeks of Aug 10 and 17, 2026: major version releases from Bun, ElectroBun, SolidStart, and SvelteKit along with Aspire 13.5, which makes TypeScript app hosts generally available. From the community: self-hosted Durable Objects, anti-slop lint rules, hiding internal state in TS objects, and the true cost of AI coding.

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Chapters

(00:00) - Welcome to the Show

(05:32) - Tooling: Content Mappers Merged Into TS 7.1 API

(07:20) - Tooling: Bun 1.4, the One with Rust

(10:27) - Tooling: Aspire 13.5, TypeScript App Hosts Now GA

(13:13) - Metaframeworks: SvelteKit 3 Release Candidate is Here

(15:33) - Metaframeworks: SolidStart V2 is Now Stable

(17:24) - Web Platform: celld, Self-Hosted Workers and Durable Objects