James @43081j.com · 5hone great project is better than many half-baked ones you're going to lose interest in tomorrow 2170
James @43081j.com · 7htinyrainbow 3.2.0 🌈 - hex colour support (`colors.hex('#303')`) - rgb colour support (`colors.rgb(51, 0, 51)`) - perf improvements (fastest in many cases now!) ❕ If you support a new enough Node, remember you can use `styleText` (built-in!) insteadnpmjs.com 081
Reposted by JamesThe Zena Programming Language @zena-lang.dev · 29/09/2026New blog post on zena-lang.dev: Designing a Programming Language for the AI Era zena-lang.dev/blog/2026/09... Includes why I think a language good for humans and WebAssembly is good for AI, and why Zena is a project that's optimistic that humans have a place in software development.zena-lang.devDesigning a Programming Language for the AI EraWhat makes a programming language effective when AI agents write, test, and review code, and why being optimized for WebAssembly is being optimized for AI. 0149
Reposted by JamesJens Rømer @jensroemer.com · 25/09/2026I've been helping out @43081j.com on github.com/43081j/tangl..., and wanted a way to prioritize what to work on. I had an assumption that repos on Tangled, who have GH workflows but not yet Tangled workflows would be great candidates. So I did a quick script that goes through repos on Tangled...github.comGitHub - 43081j/tangleflow: Convert GitHub actions workflows to tangled pipelines and vice versa.Convert GitHub actions workflows to tangled pipelines and vice versa. - 43081j/tangleflow 2132
James @43081j.com · 24/09/2026Today we're launching ai-policy.dev! A collaboration of me, @danielroe.dev and @matteogabriele.npmx.social - this provides a few human curated AI contribution policies you can choose from. Our hope is that this will help you better define your stance and what kind of contributions you accept 🙏ai-policy.devAI Contribution PoliciesReady-to-use AI contribution policies for open source projects. 1313540
James @43081j.com · 24/09/2026looking forward to seeing all the great people of the atmosphere again 💙atmo.rsvpAtmosphereConf 2027The third edition of the global gathering for the Atmosphere Community is taking place in Amsterdam, April 29th - May 2nd. This includes side-events and main conference days. Please RSVP with your i... 1140
James @43081j.com · 23/09/2026today we released a new library as part of tinylibs: tinyps ⚙️ this exposes a few utilities for dealing with system processes. you can use it to list, kill and find processes amongst other things. check it out and let us know if anything needs improving! 🙏github.comGitHub - tinylibs/tinyps: A tiny library for dealing with spawned processesA tiny library for dealing with spawned processes. Contribute to tinylibs/tinyps development by creating an account on GitHub. 1191
James @43081j.com · 23/09/2026was curious what the various increments were, so here's the pnpm size bumps labelled! 4150
James @43081j.com · 22/09/2026was bugging me that update-notifier is 1MB+ so i made an alternative if anyone wants to use it! nano-notifier is ~275KB much of that is from clack, which itself is used by many of the consumers of update-notifier already, so will be de-duped.github.comGitHub - 43081j/nano-notifier: A somewhat small tool for notifying when your package has updates available.A somewhat small tool for notifying when your package has updates available. - 43081j/nano-notifier 0161
Reposted by James~paul @paulvall.dev · 21/09/2026understanding is the one part of software that still runs at human speed. that's not a bottleneck. that's where we're still needed. i wrote about why open source gets to choose its own pace.paulvall.devwe need time to assimilatethe reason behind one sort function got lost in a rewrite, and a tarball came out nine times bigger. on comprehension debt, peter naur, and why open source should slow down. 3212
James @43081j.com · 21/09/2026New version of module replacements 🎉 Lots of micro utilities added 🤏github.comRelease 3.4.0 · e18e/module-replacementsWhat's Changed feat(preferred): add npm-check to replacements by @dreyfus92 in #965 feat: mention Temporal in replacements by @gameroman in #992 fix: move stream.Duplex to native manifest by @game... 0131
James @43081j.com · 21/09/2026giving old domains some use, we've published a basic site on ESM and how to migrate to it at esmodule.com if anyone wants to contrib a guide or improve one, please do! thanks to @iamstan.dev for putting the domain to good use 🙏esmodule.comES Modules - The JavaScript module systemA guide to ES modules, the module system of JavaScript. 2288
James @43081j.com · 20/09/2026cooking something up with @matteogabriele.npmx.social and @danielroe.dev 👀 0402
James @43081j.com · 20/09/2026started a project somewhere on one of my laptops. can't remember which laptop and which directory. seems to have vanished 😂 time to do it again! 3221
James @43081j.com · 18/09/2026Good times 😀 Babel getting a bunch smaller! Tarball size also dropped from 192KB to 40KB 0240
James @43081j.com · 18/09/2026did you know: `cross-spawn` is no longer needed if you use tinyexec (or just use tinyexec anyway as it is smaller!) if you're using `_parse`, tinyexec also exports `normalizeSpawnCommand` which does the same job 1100
Reposted by JamesAstro @astro.build · 17/09/2026Ecosystem performance meets Astro. @florian-lefebvre.dev is here to explain how the @e18e.dev project is making your favorite framework smaller and faster ⚡️youtube.come18e x Astro | Astro Together FRA 2026 × SeibertOne dependency at a time, we can make the JavaScript ecosystem faster and leaner. But what exactly is e18e, and why should you care? Florian Lefebvre explores e18e, Astro’s role in the movement, the… 0399
Reposted by JamesEvil Martians @evilmartians.com · 17/09/2026Not all heroes wear capes... at least the @e18e.dev team doesn't. They’re on a mission to make the JS ecosystem lighter and faster. So we’re donating to them as part of our OSS donation program. They've already reduced node_modules size and made Node.js tooling much faster, and we appreciate it! 2518
James @43081j.com · 17/09/2026new version of the @e18e.dev ESLint plugin 🚀 This works with both ESLint and oxlint to detect code which can be modernised or made more performant. Combine it with knip for good times!github.comGitHub - e18e/eslint-plugin: The official e18e ESLint plugin for code modernization and performance best practicesThe official e18e ESLint plugin for code modernization and performance best practices - e18e/eslint-plugin 0275
James @43081j.com · 16/09/2026TIL this is valid > import from from 'mod'; makes sense but assumed it'd be reserved 😅 3220
James @43081j.com · 15/09/2026i don't mind people using agents to create PRs, but please at least write the description and replies yourself 🙏 12804
James @43081j.com · 14/09/2026xcancel is gone again 😔 > Unfortunately, due to a new development in the ongoing legal proceedings, we are required to suspend this service again until further notice. We can't share more details.xcancel.com 1245
James @43081j.com · 14/09/2026i noticed Claude was unnecessarily reinstalling itself every 30 mins or so. wasting bandwidth, CPU time, etc. it turns out if you have an older version still running, it keeps trying to install the already-installed new one every 30 min. because it compares `latest` with the _running process_ 2160
James @43081j.com · 13/09/2026Good to be back home today. Lots of GitHub to catch up on 😄 And a few new ideas 👀 0180
James @43081j.com · 12/09/2026Flying back to the UK! My seat was changed and now I'm in a _premium_ seat (further forward 😂) 1140
James @43081j.com · 12/09/2026it does seem like pnpm is trying to keep up with the competition, but the competition only exists because it is no longer just a package manager. at this point i'm not sure what the competition is, though 2291
James @43081j.com · 12/09/2026Heading home today. @zurichjs.com has been such a great event 🎉 Too many great people to mention, but thanks to you all for hanging out, and to all the organisers for making something great 🙏 3342
Reposted by JamesColin @colinscz.npmx.social · 11/09/2026Now the e18e panel 🟠🟡🟢 is happening at @zurichjs.com conf hosted by @thealexlichter.com with @tolin.ski @43081j.com @debbie.codes & @santoshyadav.dev 0306
James @43081j.com · 09/09/2026Big win! Migrated the whole @netlify.com build repo to @vitest.dev 🎉🎉 Also made heavy use of my snapshot diff tool since ava has binary snapshots (accounting for most of the 40k+ PR 😅) 2365
Reposted by JamesFaris Aziz @farisaziz.com · 09/09/2026@43081j.com @matteogabriele.npmx.social @tobbe.dev @tkdodo.eu In Zurich! 2463
James @43081j.com · 08/09/2026London having a bit of an air traffic control meltdown today it seems. UK flights delayed all over. Just got to Zurich and security is an hour or so because so many people are stuck here thanks to cancelled flights 😅 Good fun! 2130
Reposted by James~paul @paulvall.dev · 07/09/2026@bomb.sh clack 1.8.0 is out 🎉 your validate() can be async now, tab completes paths in path(), and CANCEL_SYMBOL is finally exported. changelog here github.com/bombshell-de...bomb.shGetting StartedLearn how to get started with Clack 1168
James @43081j.com · 07/09/2026the e18e GitHub action noticing that ESLint introduced a duplicate dependency recently 👀 always keep an eye on your deep dependency changes! this one is because a ESLint bumped a dep whose own deps include duplicates (amusingly all of those are maintained by the same person, probably an accident!) 1275
James @43081j.com · 07/09/2026nitter and xcancel are back! Whoever is helping them legally - keep up the good work 😄github.comGitHub - zedeus/nitter: Alternative Twitter front-endAlternative Twitter front-end. Contribute to zedeus/nitter development by creating an account on GitHub. 1946
James @43081j.com · 04/09/2026tinyspy now supports `using` statements 🎉 big thanks to @hirok.io for this one! 🙏 github.com/tinylibs/tin... 0271
Reposted by Jamesdanielroe @danielroe.dev · 04/09/2026what better to do after a full scottish breakfast than take in a view of arthur's seat from the crags? lovely to catch up with @43081j.com on tuesday ❤️ 61012
James @43081j.com · 02/09/2026check it out! a lot of interesting stuff happening in this project. this is basically to track perf of all the meta frameworks over time, and show some comparison of technologies, usage, etc. lots more to come too! 0140
James @43081j.com · 02/09/2026when this lands it will reduce TSESLint by 1.2MB on disk and ~100KB for some of its tarballs. take care when upgrading your package manager!github.comfix: use stable release of pnpm 12 by kirkwaiblinger · Pull Request #12808 · typescript-eslint/typescript-eslintPR Checklist Addresses an existing open issue: fixes Bug: CHANGELOG is being published #12801 That issue was marked as accepting prs Steps in Contributing were taken If this PR used AI assista... 1160
James @43081j.com · 01/09/2026Next week, @thealexlichter.com is hosting an @e18e.dev panel at Zurich JS! 🎉 If you're around, come say hi 🙏 5322