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Node Weekly A New Look for Express https://expressjs.com/en/blog/2026-05-18-a-new-look-for-express/#overview Staged publishing for npm packages https://docs.npmjs.com/staged-publishing Node.js 26.2.0 (Current) https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v26.2.0 How Node.js and V8 keep each other working - workflows, challenges and tips https://joyeecheung.github.io/blog/2026/05/18/how-nodejs-and-v8-keep-each-other-working/ Axios to WHATWG Fetch https://nodejs.org/en/blog/migrations/axios-to-fetch Release Notes 1.0 https://typeorm.io/docs/releases/1.0/release-notes/ Source of truth: PostgreSQL https://kristiandupont.github.io/kanel/ --------------- For more- subscribe to the channel Telegram: https://t.me/webWekkly WhatsApp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaKa4PbJkK76f7WAEL1S

Frontend Focus 15 updates from Google I/O 2026: Powering the agentic web with new capabilities, tools, and features in Chrome https://developer.chrome.com/blog/chrome-at-io26 Build with Modern Web Guidance https://developer.chrome.com/docs/modern-web-guidance Moving away from Tailwind, and learning to structure my CSS https://jvns.ca/blog/2026/05/15/moving-away-from-tailwind--and-learning-to-structure-my-css-/ Firefox 151 release notes for developers (Stable) https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox/Releases/151 Better fluid sizing with round() https://ishadeed.com/article/css-round/ 600+ million people write right-to-left: 2 fixes your app needs https://evilmartians.com/chronicles/600-million-people-write-right-to-left-2-fixes-your-app-needs Gap decorations: Now available in Chromium https://developer.chrome.com/blog/gap-decorations-stable A few ways of specifying per-theme colours in only CSS https://chrismorgan.info/css-themed-colours Cross-Document View Transitions: The Gotchas Nobody Mentions https://css-tricks.com/cross-document-view-transitions-part-1/ THE BORING INTERNET https://www.terrygodier.com/the-boring-internet/ascii Animate your SVGs. Without losing your mind. https://www.svgstudio.org/ Announcing swup 4 🎉Versatile and extensible page transition library for server-rendered websites https://swup.js.org/ Extract & Inline Critical-path CSS in HTML pages https://github.com/addyosmani/critical Structure-aware skeleton loader. One Web Component, every framework. https://github.com/Aejkatappaja/phantom-ui Frontend framework for people who hate React and love HTML. https://qitejs.qount25.dev/ High quality image resize in browser. https://nodeca.github.io/pica/demo/ webcompat https://webcompat.dev/ --------------- For more- subscribe to the channel Telegram: https://t.me/webWekkly WhatsApp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaKa4PbJkK76f7WAEL1S

JavaScript Weekly Make install scripts opt-in https://github.com/npm/rfcs/pull/868 Mini Shai-Hulud Strikes Again: 317 npm Packages Compromised https://safedep.io/mini-shai-hulud-strikes-again-314-npm-packages-compromised/ My Thoughts on AI, Part 2: Agent Setup, Workflow, and Tools https://blog.isquaredsoftware.com/2026/05/ai-thoughts-part-2-agent-workflow-tools/ MASTER THE NODE.JS INTERNALS https://www.thenodebook.com/ Soon We Can Finally Banish JavaScript to the ShadowRealm https://css-tricks.com/soon-we-can-finally-banish-javascript-to-the-shadowrealm/ OpenAPI to TypeScript Magic https://orval.dev/ 🍫 Tastier cookies, local, session, and db storage in a tiny package. Includes subscribe() events for changes. https://github.com/franciscop/brownies High quality image resize in browser. https://nodeca.github.io/pica/demo/ Event Calendar Component for React, Svelte & Vue is Here! https://svar.dev/blog/svar-calendar-for-react-svelte-vue/ fate combines view composition, normalized caching, data masking, and Async React features https://fate.technology/posts/fate-1.0 👾 The lightest signal library https://github.com/stackblitz/alien-signals JSONRegistry - Allows branded instances in regular JSON https://es.discourse.group/t/jsonregistry-allows-branded-instances-in-regular-json/2569 From latency to instant: Modernizing GitHub Issues navigation performance https://github.blog/engineering/architecture-optimization/from-latency-to-instant-modernizing-github-issues-navigation-performance/ Why React Developers Are Leaving Next.js for TanStack https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6moPS3AAbe4 Hardening TanStack After the npm Compromise https://tanstack.com/blog/incident-followup A Technical Deep Dive Into the New Raycast https://www.raycast.com/blog/a-technical-deep-dive-into-the-new-raycast --------------- For more- subscribe to the channel Telegram: https://t.me/webWekkly WhatsApp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaKa4PbJkK76f7WAEL1S

Front-End Front Top Stories I keep tripping over “true, false, true” https://allthingssmitty.com/2026/05/11/i-keep-tripping-over-true-false-true/ WebKit Features for Safari 26.5 https://webkit.org/blog/17938/webkit-features-for-safari-26-5/ Using CSS corner-shape For Folded Corners https://css-tricks.com/using-css-corner-shape-for-folded-corners/ Callout UI with CSS Offset & Border https://frontendmasters.com/blog/callout-ui-with-css-offset-border/ Repeating Square Dots Backgrounds in CSS https://frontendmasters.com/blog/repeating-square-dots-backgrounds-in-css/

Node Weekly NodeBook: An Advanced Guide to Node.js Internals https://www.thenodebook.com/ What's new in Node.js 26 https://nodejsdesignpatterns.com/blog/whats-new-in-nodejs-26/ Fixing JavaScript observability, one library at a time https://blog.sentry.io/fixing-javascript-observability/ Your Recursion Is Lying to You https://blog.gaborkoos.com/posts/2026-05-09-Your-Recursion-Is-Lying-to-You/ Bun v1.3.14 https://bun.com/blog/bun-v1.3.14 Syncpack 15.0: Consistent Dependency Versions in JS Monorepos https://syncpack.dev/ Not just a mock server. https://counterfact.dev/ pnpm 11.1 https://pnpm.io/blog/releases/11.1 web-features-cli https://www.npmjs.com/package/web-features-cli --------------- For more- subscribe to the channel Telegram: https://t.me/webWekkly WhatsApp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaKa4PbJkK76f7WAEL1S

Frontend Focus WebKit Features for Safari 26.5 https://webkit.org/blog/17938/webkit-features-for-safari-26-5/ Meet Your Users Where They Are with Obs.js https://csswizardry.com/2026/05/meet-your-users-where-they-are-with-obs-js/ Install Web Apps with the New <install> Element https://developer.chrome.com/blog/install-element-ot Control the Speed of Infinite Animations https://css-tip.com/speed-control/ Soon We Can Finally Banish JavaScript to the ShadowRealm https://css-tricks.com/soon-we-can-finally-banish-javascript-to-the-shadowrealm/ Better Browser Caching with No-Vary-Search http://csswizardry.com/2026/05/better-browser-caching-with-no-vary-search/ Six Million Selections Later: How the DMA Is Giving People Browser Choice https://blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/2026/05/11/six-million-selections-later-how-the-dma-is-giving-people-browser-choice/ Testing Vue components in the browser https://jvns.ca/blog/2026/05/02/testing-vue-components-in-the-browser/ wf: A CLI Tool for Looking Up Web Platform Features https://www.npmjs.com/package/web-features-cli Anime.js 4.4: The Flexible Animation Engine for HTML Elements https://animejs.com/ 97 meticulously crafted, small-batch, artisanal icons for CSS properties. Made for design tools that speak code. https://designsurface.dev/cascade Agent skill that generates rich HTML pages or slide decks for diagrams, diff reviews, plan audits, data tables, and project recaps https://github.com/nicobailon/visual-explainer --------------- For more- subscribe to the channel Telegram: https://t.me/webWekkly WhatsApp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaKa4PbJkK76f7WAEL1S

Front-End Front Top Stories The Importance of Native Randomness in CSS https://css-tricks.com/the-importance-of-native-randomness-in-css/ Animating Focus with View Transitions https://frontendmasters.com/blog/animating-focus-with-view-transitions/ CSS n of Selectors for Conditional Validation https://frontendmasters.com/blog/css-n-of-selectors-for-conditional-validation/ Reminder: You Can Stitch Together Lots of Little HTML Pages With Navigations For Interactions https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/small-html-pages/ Using safe-area-inset to build mobile-safe layouts https://polypane.app/blog/using-safe-area-inset-to-build-mobile-safe-layouts/

Node Weekly Node.js 26.0.0 (Current) https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v26.0.0 Trip report: Node.js collaboration summit (2026 London) https://nodejs.org/en/blog/events/collab-summit-2026-london Why migrate to Valibot? https://valibot.dev/blog/why-migrate-to-valibot/ html-to-text https://github.com/html-to-text/node-html-to-text/blob/master/packages/html-to-text/README.md pm2 v7.0.0 https://github.com/Unitech/pm2/releases/tag/v7.0.0 A crazy fast HTTP router https://github.com/delvedor/find-my-way opentype.js is an OpenType and TrueType font parser and writer. https://opentype.js.org/ --------------- For more- subscribe to the channel Telegram: https://t.me/webWekkly WhatsApp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaKa4PbJkK76f7WAEL1S

Frontend Focus Media Queries Range Syntax https://ishadeed.com/article/range-syntax/ 9 Times the Web Platform Was Influenced by Libraries https://jadjoubran.io/blog/web-platform-influenced-by-libraries Using safe-area-inset to build mobile-safe layouts https://polypane.app/blog/using-safe-area-inset-to-build-mobile-safe-layouts/ CSS n of Selectors for Conditional Validation https://frontendmasters.com/blog/css-n-of-selectors-for-conditional-validation/ The Importance of Native Randomness in CSS https://css-tricks.com/the-importance-of-native-randomness-in-css/ Trustworthy JavaScript for the Open Web https://hacks.mozilla.org/2026/05/trustworthy-javascript-for-the-open-web/ Open web vs AI: what can W3C do? https://hidde.blog/web-ai-breakout/ Warning: containment breach in cascade layer! https://dbushell.com/2026/04/15/containment-breach-in-cascade-layer/ Fancy frames using clip-path: shape() https://css-generators.com/fancy-frame/ Get creative with shaders. https://misery.co/shaderpad/ Build Better Extensions for Developers and AI https://addfox.dev/ A visual CSS editor for Mac. https://bendansby.com/apps/stylebop.html Virtual Scrolling https://www.nicbarker.com/virtual-scrolling --------------- For more- subscribe to the channel Telegram: https://t.me/webWekkly WhatsApp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaKa4PbJkK76f7WAEL1S

JavaScript Weekly Remix 3 Enters Beta — It's No Longer a React Framework https://remix.run/blog/remix-3-beta-preview Node.js 26.0.0 (Current) https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v26.0.0 Testing Vue components in the browser https://jvns.ca/blog/2026/05/02/testing-vue-components-in-the-browser/ Trustworthy JavaScript for the Open Web https://hacks.mozilla.org/2026/05/trustworthy-javascript-for-the-open-web/ All-in-one animation engine. https://animejs.com/ The modular and type-safe form library for any framework https://github.com/open-circle/formisch opentype.js is an OpenType and TrueType font parser and writer https://opentype.js.org/ A non-visual polyfill for Same-Document View Transitions https://github.com/GoogleChromeLabs/view-transitions-mock mediabunny v1.42.0 https://github.com/Vanilagy/mediabunny/releases/tag/v1.42.0 A self-hosted email client with an AI agent, running entirely on Cloudflare Workers https://github.com/cloudflare/agentic-inbox How React streams UI out of order and still manages to keep order https://inside-react.vercel.app/blog/how-react-streams-ui-out-of-order The real cost of React Native animations: benchmarking every approach https://expo.dev/blog/the-real-cost-of-react-native-animations-benchmarking-every-approach --------------- For more- subscribe to the channel Telegram: https://t.me/webWekkly WhatsApp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaKa4PbJkK76f7WAEL1S

Front-End Front Top Stories Scroll-Driven Animations https://www.joshwcomeau.com/animation/scroll-driven-animations/ The Web Is Fun Again: First Experiments with HTML in Canvas https://frontendmasters.com/blog/the-web-is-fun-again-first-experiments-with-html-in-canvas/ Let’s Use the Nonexistent ::nth-letter Selector Now https://css-tricks.com/using-nonexistent-nth-letter-selector-now/ Warning: containment breach in cascade layer! https://dbushell.com/2026/04/15/containment-breach-in-cascade-layer/ canvas-ing-the-web https://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2026/04/27/canvas-ing-the-web/

Node Weekly What's actually new in JavaScript (and what's coming next) https://neciudan.dev/whats-new-in-javascript node Version 26.0.0 (Current) https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/62526 Replace port numbers with stable, named local URLs. For humans and agents. https://github.com/vercel-labs/portless pnpm 11.0 https://pnpm.io/blog/releases/11.0 Fresh 2.3: Zero JS by default, View Transitions, and Temporal support https://deno.com/blog/fresh-2.3 SQLite extension + bindings for Postgres NOTIFY/LISTEN semantics with durable queues, streams, pub/sub, and scheduler https://github.com/russellromney/honker

Frontend Focus The end of responsive images https://piccalil.li/blog/the-end-of-responsive-images/ Exploring the majestic new animation-timeline API https://www.joshwcomeau.com/animation/scroll-driven-animations/ Exploring the math and intuition behind blend modes in the browser https://nik.digital/posts/compositing-blending Recreating Apple’s Vision Pro Animation in CSS https://css-tricks.com/recreating-apples-vision-pro-animation-in-css/ Let’s Use the Nonexistent ::nth-letter Selector Now https://css-tricks.com/using-nonexistent-nth-letter-selector-now/ Constructable Stylesheets and adoptedStyleSheets: One Parse, Every Shadow Root https://frontendmasters.com/blog/constructable-stylesheets-and-adoptedstylesheets-one-parse-every-shadow-root/ Datatype A variable font that turns text into charts. https://franktisellano.github.io/datatype/ Replace port numbers with stable, named local URLs. For humans and agents. https://github.com/vercel-labs/portless 158+ animated React components you can copy into any project. Free, open source, and ready to use. https://animata.design/ A non-visual polyfill for Same-Document View Transitions https://github.com/GoogleChromeLabs/view-transitions-mock --------------- For more- subscribe to the channel Telegram: https://t.me/webWekkly WhatsApp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaKa4PbJkK76f7WAEL1S

JavaScript Weekly pnpm 11.0 https://pnpm.io/blog/releases/11.0 Announcing TypeScript 7.0 Beta https://devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/announcing-typescript-7-0-beta/ What's actually new in JavaScript (and what's coming next) https://neciudan.dev/whats-new-in-javascript TSRX is a TypeScript language extension for building declarative UIs in an agentic era. https://tsrx.dev/ An entire library of unparalleled usability, at just 35 KB. https://www.tradingview.com/lightweight-charts/ A tiny (286 bytes) state manager for React/RN/Preact/Vue/Svelte with many atomic tree-shakable stores https://github.com/nanostores/nanostores Barcode Writer in Pure JavaScript https://github.com/metafloor/bwip-js Fresh 2.3: Zero JS by default, View Transitions, and Temporal support https://deno.com/blog/fresh-2.3 A Guide to React Compiler Rendering https://blog.isquaredsoftware.com/presentations/2026-04-react-compiler-rendering Vercel April 2026 security incident https://vercel.com/kb/bulletin/vercel-april-2026-security-incident Async React: Building Non-Blocking UIs with useTransition and useActionState https://www.rubrik.com/blog/architecture/26/2/async-react-building-non-blocking-uis-with-usetransition-and-useactionstate 5 Ways To SSR/RSC on TanStack Start https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PX3QlADinIE --------------- For more- subscribe to the channel Telegram: https://t.me/webWekkly WhatsApp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaKa4PbJkK76f7WAEL1S

ront-End Front Top Stories The end of responsive images https://css-tricks.com/recreating-apples-vision-pro-animation-in-css/ Recreating Apple’s Vision Pro Animation in CSS https://css-tricks.com/recreating-apples-vision-pro-animation-in-css/ Why I don’t chain everything in JavaScript anymore https://allthingssmitty.com/2026/04/20/why-i-dont-chain-everything-in-javascript-anymore/ font-family Doesn’t Fall Back the Way You Think https://csswizardry.com/2026/04/font-family-doesnt-fall-back-the-way-you-think/ Building a UI Without Breakpoints https://frontendmasters.com/blog/building-a-ui-without-breakpoints/

Node Weekly Aube is a fast Node.js package manager https://aube.en.dev/ Writing Node.js addons with .NET Native AOT https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/writing-nodejs-addons-with-dotnet-native-aot/ Announcing TypeScript 7.0 Beta https://devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/announcing-typescript-7-0-beta/ Optique Type-safe combinatorial CLI parser for TypeScript https://optique.dev/ Static HTML for SEO. SPA for speed. AI-ready by default. https://docmd.io/ New RocksDB Binding for Node.js https://www.harper.fast/resources/new-rocksdb-binding-for-node-js Bun v1.3.13 https://bun.com/blog/bun-v1.3.13 playwright v1.59.0 https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/releases/tag/v1.59.0 --------------- For more- subscribe to the channel Telegram: https://t.me/webWekkly WhatsApp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaKa4PbJkK76f7WAEL1S

🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱Frontend Focus🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱 Building a UI Without Breakpoints https://frontendmasters.com/blog/building-a-ui-without-breakpoints/ font-family Doesn’t Fall Back the Way You Think https://csswizardry.com/2026/04/font-family-doesnt-fall-back-the-way-you-think/ Firefox 150 release notes for developers (Stable) https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox/Releases/150 Delivering a dynamic hexagonal world map in just 10kb https://calibreapp.com/blog/building-our-beloved-hex-map The Web Is Fun Again: First Experiments with HTML in Canvas https://frontendmasters.com/blog/the-web-is-fun-again-first-experiments-with-html-in-canvas/ Details That Make Interfaces Feel Better https://jakub.kr/writing/details-that-make-interfaces-feel-better Making your site visible to LLMs: 6 techniques that work, 8 that don't https://evilmartians.com/chronicles/how-to-make-your-website-visible-to-llms Why some images look brighter than your screen https://tn1ck.com/blog/abuse-hdr-images-for-marketing Green components: How your design system can aid sustainability goals https://zeroheight.com/blog/green-components-how-your-design-system-can-aid-sustainability-goals/ The only framework that makes responsive email easy https://mjml.io/ The web has been silent. tiks makes it sing. https://rexa-developer.github.io/tiks/ HyperFrames lets AI agents compose videos by writing HTML, CSS & JS. https://hyperframes.heygen.com/ A lightweight, themeable CSS framework https://mucss.org/ The modular and type-safe form library for any framework https://github.com/open-circle/formisch TypeScript library that enhances the WebGPU API, allowing resource management in a type-safe, declarative way. https://docs.swmansion.com/TypeGPU/ A zero-dependency Web Component to embed Bluesky discussion threads on any website. https://github.com/florianschepp/bsky-comments liquid-glass https://liquid-glass.ybouane.com/ --------------- For more- subscribe to the channel Telegram: https://t.me/webWekkly WhatsApp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaKa4PbJkK76f7WAEL1S

🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱 JavaScript Weekly 🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱 HyperFrames lets AI agents compose videos by writing HTML, CSS & JS. https://hyperframes.heygen.com/ Vercel April 2026 security incident https://vercel.com/kb/bulletin/vercel-april-2026-security-incident Evan You - State of Vue 2026 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9_Ud5MFTjU How I Resolved 15K Circular Dependencies https://stefanhaas.xyz/article/15k-circular-dependencies/ The Vertical Codebase https://tkdodo.eu/blog/the-vertical-codebase NPM Security best practices https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/NPM_Security_Cheat_Sheet.html How we made the Angular Compiler faster using AI https://voidzero.dev/posts/oxc-angular-compiler Bun v1.3.13 https://bun.com/blog/bun-v1.3.13 194+ animated React components you can copy into any project. Free, open source, and ready to use. https://animata.design/ The Industry's Most Versatile Office Parser https://officeparser.harshankur.com/ The web has been silent. tiks makes it sing. https://rexa-developer.github.io/tiks/ Highlights from Git 2.54 https://github.blog/open-source/git/highlights-from-git-2-54/ React Server Components Your Way https://tanstack.com/blog/react-server-components Build with React, Run on Salesforce: Introducing Salesforce Multi-Framework https://developer.salesforce.com/blogs/2026/04/build-with-react-run-on-salesforce-introducing-salesforce-multi-framework React Photo Album https://react-photo-album.com/ What's New in VisionCamera V5? https://blog.margelo.com/whats-new-in-visioncamera-v5 Testing OpenGraph on localhost from the CLI before you go public https://simonhartcher.com/posts/2026-04-15-testing-opengraph-on-localhost-from-the-cli/ 🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱חג עצמאות שמח 🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱 --------------- For more- subscribe to the channel Telegram: https://t.me/webWekkly WhatsApp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaKa4PbJkK76f7WAEL1S

Front-End Front Top Stories Multi-stroke text effect in CSS https://yuanchuan.dev/multi-stroke-text-effect-in-css Squash and Stretch https://www.joshwcomeau.com/animation/squash-and-stretch/ Under the hood of MDN's new frontend https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/blog/mdn-front-end-deep-dive/ SVG Filters Guide: Getting Started with the Basics https://frontendmasters.com/blog/svg-filters-guide-getting-started-with-the-basics/

Node Weekly node build: enable Temporal by default https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/61806 Node.js 24.15.0 (LTS) https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v24.15.0 NPM Security best practices https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/NPM_Security_Cheat_Sheet.html Uses for nested promises https://blog.jcoglan.com/2026/03/23/uses-for-nested-promises/ pompelmi v1.2.0 https://pompelmi.app/ The Industry's Most Versatile Office Parser https://officeparser.harshankur.com/ Tiny ML & statistics library for JS — 16 algorithms in ~56KB gzipped. Rust/WASM, zero dependencies. https://github.com/AdamPerlinski/micro-ml High-level audio manipulations https://github.com/audiojs/audio This package allows you to retrieve precise information about active and open windows on Windows, MacOS, and Linux. https://github.com/miniben-90/x-win --------------- For more- subscribe to the channel Telegram: https://t.me/webWekkly WhatsApp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaKa4PbJkK76f7WAEL1S