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TypeScript 7.0 Ships as General Availability, With Microsoft Citing 8x to 12x Faster Builds From Its Native Go Compiler
Microsoft shipped TypeScript 7.0 as generally available on July 8, 2026, moving the compiler and language service to a native Go port that Microsoft says is typically 8x to 12x faster on full builds.
CPython Community Answers Steering Council's Six-Month JIT Ultimatum With PEP 836, a Path to a Supported Compiler
Python's core developers filed PEP 836, setting performance and compatibility bars for CPython's JIT compiler after the Steering Council gave the project six months to justify staying in the codebase.
VS Code 1.128 Ships Multi-Chat Agent Sessions and GA Copilot Vision
Visual Studio Code 1.128 lets a single Claude agent-host session hold multiple parallel chats and moves Copilot Vision to general availability.
GitHub Brings Open Source License Compliance to Public Preview, Letting Enterprises Block Noncompliant Dependencies
GitHub's new License Compliance feature enters public preview, letting Enterprise Cloud customers with GitHub Advanced Security block pull requests that add dependencies violating license policy.
Box2D Creator Erin Catto Releases Box3D, an Open-Source 3D Physics Engine With Roots in Half-Life: Alyx's Rubikon
Erin Catto, creator of the Box2D physics engine, has released Box3D v0.1.0, an MIT-licensed 3D physics engine for games that blends Box2D code with remnants of Rubikon-Lite, a hobby version of the Half-Life: Alyx physics engine, and already powers Facepunch's s&box.
Ecma International Approves ECMAScript 2026, the 17th Edition of the JavaScript Standard, With Seven Finished Proposals
Ecma International approved ECMAScript 2026 on June 30. The 17th edition of the JavaScript standard adds Math.sumPrecise, Iterator.concat, Array.fromAsync, Error.isError, Map upsert methods, Uint8Array base64 and hex conversion, and JSON.parse source access.
AWS Gives CloudFormation an Express Mode That Skips Stabilization Checks, Claiming Up to 4x Faster Deployments
AWS added an Express mode to CloudFormation that ends deployments once configuration is applied instead of waiting for resources to stabilize, available in all commercial Regions at no extra cost.
AWS Releases Blocks in Preview, an Open-Source TypeScript Framework That Bundles Application Code and Cloud Infrastructure for AI Agents
AWS launched Blocks, an open-source Apache 2.0 TypeScript framework in preview that lets developers define application code and AWS infrastructure together and run a full local backend with no AWS account.
Google Open-Sources a VS Code Extension That Runs Cloud Workbench Notebooks Without Leaving the Editor
Google's new Apache-2.0 VS Code extension connects a local editor to managed Jupyter Workbench instances on Google Cloud.
GitHub Desktop 3.6 Adds Git Worktree Support and Moves Copilot Into Commit Authoring and Merge-Conflict Resolution
GitHub Desktop 3.6.0, released June 26, brings a graphical worktree workflow and routes Copilot into commit messages and merge conflicts, with a model picker and BYOK.
Git 2.55 Adds a 'git history fixup' Command, Brings the FSMonitor Daemon to Linux, and Lets git push Target Remote Groups
Released June 29, the update extends the experimental git history command, adds inotify-based filesystem monitoring on Linux, and lets git push write to a group of remotes at once.
Deno 2.9 Ships 'deno desktop' to Build Native Apps From Web Frameworks Without Electron
Deno 2.9, released June 25, adds an experimental deno desktop command that compiles web projects into single-binary native apps using the OS webview by default.