pnpm 12, htmx 4, and Release Candidates for Remix 3 and Waku 1 | News | Ep 79

News for the week of August 24, 2026: pnpm 12 brings a bunch of quality of life updates, htmx 4 makes attribute inheritance easier, and both Remix and Waku get release candidates. From the community: type-level dice rolls (what!), full-stack type safety for TS and .NET, and committing compile-time crimes.

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Chapters

(00:00) - Welcome to the Show

(05:19) - Tooling: TypeScript Repo Migrated to TS 7

(06:31) - Tooling: Ambient Module Declarations for Import Attributes in TS 7

(08:02) - Tooling: Porforr Alpha is Out

(10:21) - Tooling: pnpm 12 Brings a Long List of Updates

(14:37) - Frameworks: Ember is Now Supported in TS 7 Nightly

(15:06) - Frameworks: htmx 4 Released