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Rob Palmer @robpalmer.bsky.social · 20h

Future of the Web panel at @viteconf.org were asked about the most exciting upcoming web standards:

🔶 AsyncContext (@ryansolid.bsky.social)
github.com/tc39/proposa...

🔶 import defer (@evanyou.me)
github.com/tc39/proposa...

🔶 Module Declarations (@ryansolid.bsky.social)
github.com/tc39/proposa...

GitHub - tc39/proposal-async-context: Async Context for JavaScript

Async Context for JavaScript. Contribute to tc39/proposal-async-context development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Rob Palmer @robpalmer.bsky.social · 22h

This is correct. Vite+ is a superset with extra features such as monorepo caching.

But they share the same CLI name.

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Igalia @igalia.com · 1d

Igalia is honored to have been awarded a commission from the Sovereign Tech Fund to advance the @servo.org web engine. STF’s support will advance a multi-pronged effort focused on improving Servo’s accessibility, WebView API support, and project maintenance. Details: www.igalia.com/2025/10/09/I...

Igalia, Servo, and the Sovereign Tech Fund | Igalia

Igalia is an open source consultancy specialised in the development of innovative projects and solutions. Our engineers have expertise in a wide range of technological areas, including browsers and cl...

www.igalia.com

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Servo @servo.org · 1d

Igalia is excited to announce a new commission from the Sovereign Tech Fund to advance the Servo web engine.

www.igalia.com/2025/10/09/I...

Igalia, Servo, and the Sovereign Tech Fund | Igalia

Igalia is an open source consultancy specialised in the development of innovative projects and solutions. Our engineers have expertise in a wide range of technological areas, including browsers and cl...

www.igalia.com

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Titian Cernicova-Dragomir @titiancernicova.bsky.social · 1d

With declaration emit thanks to isolated declarations 😅

Rob Palmer @robpalmer.bsky.social · 1d

Vite+ unified CLI will bring together many existing features and a new monorepo task runner.

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Rob Palmer @robpalmer.bsky.social · 1d

To be clear: Vite, Vitest, tsdown, Rolldown, Oxc, Oxlint remain MIT.

Vite+ is a new product with a new license.

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Evan You @evanyou.me · 1d

Just talked about Vite+ at @viteconf.org - check out more at viteplus.dev :)

More detailed announcement on Monday!

Vite+

The Unified Toolchain for the Web

viteplus.dev

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firefoxdevtools.bsky.social @firefoxdevtools.bsky.social · 1d

As an experiment, we (the Firefox team) wanted to try a new way to get feedback on which Interop proposals matter most.

So, here's a web app where you can rank the proposals you care about, giving us data we can use when reviewing which ones to champion.

interop-rank.jakearchibald.com

Interop Feature Ranking

Rank the web platform features you care most about

interop-rank.jakearchibald.com

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Rob Palmer @robpalmer.bsky.social · 1d

Vite+ now has a website.

Licensing for existing projects remain MIT. Whereas Vite+ will be "source-available" and free for open source, non-commercial usage.

viteplus.dev

Vite+

The Unified Toolchain for the Web

viteplus.dev

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Rob Palmer @robpalmer.bsky.social · 1d

(I think there was a claim that this is more granular than what Turborepo would do)

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Rob Palmer @robpalmer.bsky.social · 1d

Vite+ task running has granular tracking that allows type-checking to be skipped for dependent projects if the type declarations they consume do not change.

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Rob Palmer @robpalmer.bsky.social · 1d

Vite+ unified CLI will bring together many existing features and a new monorepo task runner.

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Michael Molisani @molisani.bsky.social · 1d

Day one of @viteconf.org is almost over. There were so many great talks that I'm still processing so far, but I'm super excited about @rich-harris.dev's advancements in To-do list technology (surprise, it's actually Remote Functions for @svelte.dev!)

Screenshot of a browser presenting a live demo of a to-do app, specifically the login screen. The title of the app is "TODO2 2TODO 2 DO" is the Fast and Furious style.

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rich harris @rich-harris.dev · 1d

I spent an unreasonable amount of time on this logo

Michael Molisani @molisani.bsky.social · 1d

Day one of @viteconf.org is almost over. There were so many great talks that I'm still processing so far, but I'm super excited about @rich-harris.dev's advancements in To-do list technology (surprise, it's actually Remote Functions for @svelte.dev!)

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Rob Palmer @robpalmer.bsky.social · 1d

It was great. Lots of practical advice and concrete tools to use to improve performance and reduce overheads.

The whole conference has a strong consensus/bias towards modernizing the ecosystem.

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Rob Palmer @robpalmer.bsky.social · 2d

Simpsons scene where Moe says "that's the worst name I ever heard" before joey jojo gets upset and leaves.

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Rob Palmer @robpalmer.bsky.social · 2d

No comment(s) 😉

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Rob Palmer @robpalmer.bsky.social · 2d

"In my opinion, a lot of the success of ES6 was due to the existence of Babel" - @overlookmotel.bsky.social at @viteconf.org

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Rob Palmer @robpalmer.bsky.social · 2d

Glad to see TypeScript's Isolated Declarations feature already mentioned in three talks this morning at @viteconf.org 👍

It's one of the reasons tsdown and Oxc can generate Type Declarations so quickly ⚡

The main ID developer @titiancernicova.bsky.social is here if you wish to meet him.

Titian Cernicova-Dragomir @titiancernicova.bsky.social · 2d

Always happy to see something you worked on out in the wild! Love to see isolated declarations being used 😊. #viteconf.amsterdam

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Rob Palmer @robpalmer.bsky.social · 2d

Most desired JS changes by the panel:

🔶 Type Annotations
🔶 Deprecating CommonJS
🔶 AsyncContext
🔶 Module Declarations

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Rob Palmer @robpalmer.bsky.social · 2d

This is far from a monoculture.

Seems like a good thing to have such diverse views and stakeholders around the project.

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Rob Palmer @robpalmer.bsky.social · 3d

Node excitement 😉

The folks at Platformatic including @stephenbelanger.com have integrated a Python runtime into Node 🎉

This lets you mix Python into your Node apps.

Throughput, latency, and requests per-second are competitive with native Python alternatives 😲

Matteo Collina @nodeland.dev · 3d

🚀 BIG NEWS: We just shipped @platformatic/python - run Python ASGI apps INSIDE your Node.js process!

This changes everything for AI/ML + Node.js apps 🧵

youtu.be/8eAAP9IF4xA

Launching @platformatic/python: Bring Python ASGI to Your Node.js Applications

Today we are excited to ship @platformatic/python, a new capability for Watt, the Application Server for Node.js, that lets you run Python ASGI applications alongside your existing Node.js workloads.…

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Robin Bender Ginn @rginn206.bsky.social · 3d

So cool to be in the room at React Conf when the new React Foundation was announced 💙 with its new home at the Linux Foundation. At @openjsf.org we’re celebrating this big win for JavaScript communities.

OpenJS Foundation @openjsf.org · 3d

New Era for React = Stronger JavaScript Ecosystem 💙

React doesn’t live in isolation - It works alongside Node.js, Electron, webpack, and more. A dedicated foundation under the Linux Foundation means more collaboration, security, and sustainability across the ecosystem.

hubs.la/Q03MylxX0

Celebrating the Launch of the React Foundation | OpenJS Foundation

A New Era for React, and a Stronger JavaScript Ecosystem

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OpenJS Foundation @openjsf.org · 3d

New Era for React = Stronger JavaScript Ecosystem 💙

React doesn’t live in isolation - It works alongside Node.js, Electron, webpack, and more. A dedicated foundation under the Linux Foundation means more collaboration, security, and sustainability across the ecosystem.

hubs.la/Q03MylxX0

Celebrating the Launch of the React Foundation | OpenJS Foundation

A New Era for React, and a Stronger JavaScript Ecosystem

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Joyee Cheung @joyeecheung.bsky.social · 8d

I gave a talk today at @nordicjs.com about shipping Node.js packages in 2025...or how to transition from shipping dual/faux-ESM/CommonJS to shipping ESM directly!

Slides at github.com/joyeecheung/...

github.com

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