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Front-end Fire Podcast @front-end-fire.com · 28/09/2026

Ruby on Rails creator DHH says he wouldn’t recommend it in 2026 🤯, Safari 27 brings the goods in WebKit, and the new burning question of the agentic AI era is: do frameworks even matter anymore? Plus, OpenAI agents hack Medicare. Cool cool cool. Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/163/

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Front-end Fire Podcast @front-end-fire.com · 21/09/2026

AI model Jev is betting that not every software decision needs an LLM, @react.dev 19.3 quietly levels up, and Shopify is breaking up with @reactnative.dev for Swift and Kotlin. Plus, Claude hacked OpenAI, but ethically. Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/162/

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Front-end Fire Podcast @front-end-fire.com · 14/09/2026

The guys behind the Shai-Hulud @npmjs.com attacks have been arrested, Shopify acquires @tailwindcss.com, and somehow the @wordpress.org / Mullenweg saga is back for another season. Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/161/

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Front-end Fire Podcast @front-end-fire.com · 07/09/2026

It’s maximum AI chaos as Anthropic and OpenAI both drop new models that are the best yet, we’re wondering how to tell if an LLM wrote something, and someone’s keeping a tally of AI agent felonies. Everything is fine. Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/160/

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Front-end Fire Podcast @front-end-fire.com · 31/08/2026

The latest AI discourse asks whether agents are making us worse developers, but maybe we're just playing by a new set of rules. @bun.sh 1.4 arrives absolutely stacked, OpenAI is throwing money at WebMCP to make the web more agent-friendly. Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/159/

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Front-end Fire Podcast @front-end-fire.com · 24/08/2026

Cloudflare built a browser specifically for AI agents, Cursor ditches Solid.js for React, and @jherr.dev's firsthand account of RenderATL shows the weird state of web dev conferences in 2026. Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/158/

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Front-end Fire Podcast @front-end-fire.com · 17/08/2026

Hey folks, no new episode this week, but we'll be back next week with all the best news bites. Stay tuned!

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Front-end Fire Podcast @front-end-fire.com · 10/08/2026

Next.js 16.3 promises “instant” navigation, @tanstack.com keeps shipping like it has something to prove, and Shai-Hulud reminds us @npmjs.com security remains a cursed timeline. Also: Anthropic joins OpenAI in the “our AI touched the internet” club. Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/157/

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Front-end Fire Podcast @front-end-fire.com · 03/08/2026

The State of CSS confirms Tailwind still rules while AI still can't write decent CSS, CodePen gets its biggest update in years, Octane asks: what if React was compiled from the start? Plus, GitHub embraces stacked PRs for the AI era. Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/156/

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Front-end Fire Podcast @front-end-fire.com · 27/07/2026

Bun went from Zig to Rust in just 11 days with an army of Claude sessions, Kimi K3 proves open-weight models are catching up fast, and OpenAI's sandbox escape reminds everyone why AI security is becoming a much bigger deal. Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/155/

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Front-end Fire Podcast @front-end-fire.com · 21/07/2026

AI can write code faster than ever - but somebody still has to review it. This week we unpack the real cost of AI-assisted dev: review fatigue, practical ways to keep quality high, and why many developers feel both unstoppable and burned out. Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/154/

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Front-end Fire Podcast @front-end-fire.com · 20/07/2026

Hey folks, stay tuned for a special episode we'll be publishing tomorrow about how to tackle all the AI generated code we're experiencing day to day.

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Front-end Fire Podcast @front-end-fire.com · 13/07/2026

Vercel decides Zig is the future of desktop apps, Vite+ enters beta to unify your toolchain, and Vercel Services wants to tame sprawling microservice architectures. Plus: Safari joins the MCP party and Claude becomes that coworker in Slack. Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/153/

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Front-end Fire Podcast @front-end-fire.com · 06/07/2026

. @vercel.com's giving Shopify devs a lot more frontend freedom, Fable 5 is back after its government timeout, and Meta released the design system behind 13,000 internal apps. Plus: @cloudflare.social's AI crawler crackdown is about to get very real. Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/152/

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Front-end Fire Podcast @front-end-fire.com · 29/06/2026

. @nx.dev invented the "synthetic monorepo" so AI agents can understand sprawling codebases, @deno.land Desktop is coming for @electronjs.org, and new hiring data suggests senior engineers are about to become even harder to find. Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/151/

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Front-end Fire Podcast @front-end-fire.com · 22/06/2026

. @anthropic.com's new Fable model got yanked almost immediately after a US govt export restriction, a Chinese OS challenger claims Opus-level performance for a fraction of the cost, and MDN launches an MCP server to keep AI agents informed. Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/150/

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150: The Government Said "No Fable For You" | Front-End Fire

Anthropic's shiny new Fable model got yanked almost immediately after a US government export restriction, a Chinese open-source challenger claims Opus-level performance for a fraction of the cost, and...

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Front-end Fire Podcast @front-end-fire.com · 15/06/2026

. @react.dev is no longer under Meta's GitHub roof, Safari 27 adds a pile of long-awaited platform feature, and Chrome DevTools keep evolving into an AI coworker. Plus: React Compiler gets rewritten in Rust because apparently every road leads there. Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/149/

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Front-end Fire Podcast @front-end-fire.com · 08/06/2026

Bot traffic has officially surpassed humans online, @microsoft.com spent Build yelling “Developers!” with a fresh pile of AI tools, and Jam joins the absurdly crowded chat. Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/148/

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Front-end Fire Podcast @front-end-fire.com · 01/06/2026

. @deno.land launches Claw Patrol to stop AI agents nuking production, npm tightens security with staged publishing, & @vercel.com invents a graph-first language for bots instead of humans. Plus: AI crawlers claim another longtime JavaScript educator. Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/147/

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Front-end Fire Podcast @front-end-fire.com · 25/05/2026

Rust picked up another high-profile convert with @bun.sh, @npmjs.bsky.social again tries to save us from ourselves, and @jherr.dev tested humanity’s odds against AI in a head-to-head coding battle. Plus: Claude keeps winning hearts and terminals. Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/146/

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Front-end Fire Podcast @front-end-fire.com · 18/05/2026

Zed ships 1.0 and wants to pry devs away from their AI-powered @vscode.dev clones, @tanstack.com gets caught in the npm supply-chain blast radius, and another round of “AI layoffs” has everyone asking if robots are taking jobs—or just taking the blame. Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/145/

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Front-end Fire Podcast @front-end-fire.com · 11/05/2026

OpenAI backs @warp.dev in what feels suspiciously like an acqui-hire speedrun, Claude gets a massive compute boost from SpaceX, and @tannerlinsley.com ships a vibe-coded React remix in a weekend. Also: goblin-coded ChatGPT lore has arrived. Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/144/

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Front-end Fire Podcast @front-end-fire.com · 04/05/2026

AI tools are switching to “pay up” mode, @remix.run v3 wants to own your entire stack, and @pnpm.io rolls out stricter security defaults. Plus: @firefox.com finally explains why you have 47 tabs open. Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/143/

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Front-end Fire Podcast @front-end-fire.com · 27/04/2026

. @vercel.com’s “security incident” exposes more than anyone wanted, Claude's coming for your design job, and Elon Musk eyes a $60B AI coding flex. What a week it’s been. Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/142/

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Front-end Fire Podcast @front-end-fire.com · 21/04/2026

AI isn’t the feature—value is 🎯. With guests Dan Wilson and Kyler Krenek, we talk about choosing the right AI use cases, the rise of voice-first apps, and how tools like Vowel are making it easier to build them. Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/141/

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Front-end Fire Podcast @front-end-fire.com · 13/04/2026

. @cloudflare.social just dropped an @astro.build-powered WP competitor 🔥, JS is coming for CSS's job 😬 Pretext uses math to skip layout entirely, and @anthropic.com's latest model is finding way too many security issues across the whole web... Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/140/

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Front-end Fire Podcast @front-end-fire.com · 06/04/2026

Well... that wasn't supposed to happen 😬. @anthropic.com accidentally exposed Claude Code internals via @npmjs.bsky.social, Axios gets compromised with a self-deleting RAT 🚨, and @redwoodjs.com 1.0 goes all-in on @cloudflare.social. Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/139/

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Front-end Fire Podcast @front-end-fire.com · 30/03/2026

. @nextjs.org doubles down on AI-assisted dev in 16.2 🤖, but admits deploying those apps outside of @vercel.com isn’t easy 😬. Plus, @typescriptlang.org 6.0 sets the stage for a major compiler shift. Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/138/

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Front-end Fire Podcast @front-end-fire.com · 23/03/2026

Big moves at @netlify.com with Netlify Start—build and deploy apps from a prompt in minutes. @vite.dev 8 lands with massive performance gains, and no more guessing—every @nodejs.org release is now LTS 🔥. Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/137/

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Front-end Fire Podcast @front-end-fire.com · 16/03/2026

. @voidzero.dev just open-sourced Vite+, a unified JS toolchain vision. The Awesomeverse gets awesomer as @11ty.dev becomes Build Awesome, and @astro.build 6.0 lands its first big release since being acquired by @cloudflare.social. Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/136/

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Front-end Fire Podcast @front-end-fire.com · 09/03/2026

It’s a rare non-AI episode! Instead, fresh @bun.sh just dropped 🍞, @npmx.dev is the UX we all want for npm, and @solidjs.com jumps straight from experimental to beta in v2. Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/135/

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Front-end Fire Podcast @front-end-fire.com · 02/03/2026

Claude gets remote control 👀, @anthropic.com refuses to hand over AI for unrestricted military use 💥, and @cloudflare.social ships an AI-built @nextjs.org replacement in a week. 🤯 Sounds made up? It’s not. Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/134/

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Front-end Fire Podcast @front-end-fire.com · 24/02/2026

Survey season continues and React’s results are in 📊, Google wants agents to browse smarter, not harder with WebMCP, and @cloudflare.social plans to convert HTML to markdown, on demand, for AI agents. Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/133/

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Front-end Fire Podcast @front-end-fire.com · 23/02/2026

We're having some technical difficulties over at Front-end Fire HQ getting this week's podcast episode published. Thanks for your patience, we hope to have it up soon!

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Front-end Fire Podcast @front-end-fire.com · 16/02/2026

Devs are faster, busier, and more exhausted—thanks, AI? 🤖 We break down new @hbr.org research, dig into the State of JS 2025 results 👀, and flag new @nextjs.org exploits you need to know about. Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/132/

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Front-end Fire Podcast @front-end-fire.com · 09/02/2026

. @openclaw-x.bsky.social is going viral as a fully autonomous AI agent on your local machine 🤖, two malicious @vscode.dev extensions are sending every file you open to remote servers 🚨, & @deno.land introduces secure cloud sandboxes for AI workloads 🔐. Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/131/

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Front-end Fire Podcast @front-end-fire.com · 02/02/2026

. @tanstack.com Start now supports RSC 🔥—without the recent React RSC vulns, @yarnpkg.dev 6 is heading to Rust 🦀, and @rolldown.rs 1.0 hits RC with massive perf gains 🚀. Plus: @mozilla.org's "rebel alliance" against closed AI. 🎙️ Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/130/

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Front-end Fire Podcast @front-end-fire.com · 26/01/2026

. @tinyclouds.org says humans writing code is over, jQuery celebrates 20 years with a modernized 4.0 release, and @cloudflare.social acquires @astro.build in the latest framework power move. Oh - and Apple makes an AI pivot. 💣👀 Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/129/

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Front-end Fire Podcast @front-end-fire.com · 19/01/2026

The hottest new trend in AI coding? Ralph Wiggum loops 🤖. Plus, @vercel.com's new json-render AI UI tool, @npmjs.bsky.social's staged publishing proposal, and a Fire Starter that proves CSS keeps winning. 🌀 Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/128/

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Front-end Fire Podcast @front-end-fire.com · 12/01/2026

- @t3.gg ditches @nextjs.org for @tanstack.com Start 🤯 - AI’s impact on OSS gets real as @tailwindcss.com lays off 75% of its team 🤖 - And JavaScript Rising Stars reveals the most-loved projects of 2025 ✨ Our first episode of 2026 is packed. 🚀 Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/127/

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Front-end Fire Podcast @front-end-fire.com · 05/01/2026

We decided to extend the holiday break by a week, but stay tuned for next Monday: we will be back with the first new episode of 2026, guaranteed!

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Front-end Fire Podcast @front-end-fire.com · 29/12/2025

We're taking a short break from recording the podcast between Christmas and New Years. 🎄 We'll be back next week with a fresh episode. Get ready for more news and updates to get 2026 started right! 🎇

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Front-end Fire Podcast @front-end-fire.com · 22/12/2025

From revisiting our past web dev predictions, to bold 2026 forecasts about AI, HTML, and frameworks — and finally wrapping it all up with what kept us sane and happy this year. Our yearly holiday spectacular is here ❤️🎄 Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/126/

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Front-end Fire Podcast @front-end-fire.com · 15/12/2025

- RSC devs: you’re patching again 😬 - @anthropic.com donates MCP to boost OSS cred - CSS Wrapped 2025 reveals 22 shiny new features you’ll want yesterday Oh, and Disney just invested $1B in OpenAI. New episode is LIVE — buckle up. Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/125/

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Front-end Fire Podcast @front-end-fire.com · 08/12/2025

⚡ A unified SDK for AI apps? @tanstack.com says yes. 💥 @anthropic.com acquires @bun.sh to boost Claude Code 🛡️ Shai-Hulud 2.0 & RSC security issues shake JS devs everywhere We unpack EVERYTHING on this week's show 🎙️ Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/124/

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Front-end Fire Podcast @front-end-fire.com · 01/12/2025

No new episode of the podcast this week due to the US Thanksgiving holiday 🦃. But not to worry - we'll be back next Monday with ALL the news and updates!

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Front-end Fire Podcast @front-end-fire.com · 17/11/2025

- A new @reactnative.dev competitor? Yep — Snapchat just dropped Valdi 👀 - @github.com builds a full agent HQ for Copilot 🧠 - @tanstack.com DB v0.5 might change how you fetch data forever Plus: Firefox gets cuter & vibe coding becomes officially legit 😎 Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/122/

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Front-end Fire Podcast @front-end-fire.com · 10/11/2025

Chrome DevTools now has AI 🤖 @htmx.org rewrites the engine for v4 ⚙️ @analogjs.org hits 2.0 🚀 Apple might rent Gemini for Siri 🍎 @npmjs.bsky.social cuts classic tokens 🔐 A human-piloted home robot?? 🤯 New pod is lightning-round chaos. Buckle up ⚡🔥 Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/121/

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Front-end Fire Podcast @front-end-fire.com · 03/11/2025

. @react.dev Compiler = real DX + perf wins ✅ Cursor 2.0 = parallel agents + faster models ⚡ And… AI layoffs + low adoption + insane compute cost = bubble incoming? 💣 Hotter takes than a bundler flame war. Let’s go. Show link: front-end-fire.com/episodes/120/

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