Weekly #12-2025: Astro 5.5, Tailwind Plus, TypeScript 7, and More

Madhu Sudhan Subedi Tech Weekly Astro is a JavaScript web framework optimized for building fast, content-driven websites. With the release of version 5.5, it introduces better support for diagramming tools, improved Markdown compatibility, and type-safe sessions! Addition to these another experimental feature is: Preserve order of style and script tags Read more Tailwind UI is now Tailwind Plus Tailwind UI has undergone a major rebranding and is now called Tailwind Plus. The new offering expands beyond UI components and provides additional resources for developers. Read more TypeScript 7 Introduces a Native Compiler TypeScript 7 brings a native compiler written in Go, promising up to 10x faster performance compared to the current compiler. This aims to improve editor responsiveness, build times, and memory usage. Read more xAI Acquires AI Video Startup Hotshot Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, has acquired Hotshot, a startup specializing in AI-powered video generation similar to OpenAI’s Sora. Hotshot’s CEO, Aakash Sastry, announced the news on X: Announcement Read more Vibe Coding: AI Agents Writing Code This week, I explored Vibe coding, where AI agents like Cursor and Windsurf write entire applications with minimal human intervention. Read more Google Cloud Acquires Wiz for $32 Billion Google Cloud is acquiring Wiz for $32 billion to strengthen cloud security. Wiz offers tools to prevent, detect, and respond to cyber threats. Read more WebStorm 2025.1 Beta is Here JetBrains released WebStorm 2025.1 Beta, featuring AI enhancements, framework improvements, and a better user experience. Read more Court Rejects Elon Musk’s Attempt to Slow OpenAI A court has rejected Elon Musk’s attempt to slow OpenAI, dismissing several of his claims and denying his request for an injunction. Read more Chrome Replaces FreeType with Rust-Based Skrifa Google Chrome has replaced FreeType with Skrifa, a Rust-based font processing library that improves memory safety and reduces security vulnerabilities. Read more France & Germany Back Open-Source Docs Editor A new open-source collaborative text editor called Docs is being developed as an alternative to Notion, Google Docs, and Outline, backed by the governments of France and Germany. Read more References: https://astro.build/blog/astro-550/?ref=dailydev https://tailwindcss.com/blog/tailwind-plus?ref=dailydev https://app.daily.dev/posts/typescript-just-dropped-a-native-port-of-the-compiler-written-with-go--iwx21ukx3 https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/17/elon-musks-ai-company-xai-acquires-a-generative-ai-video-startup/?utm_source=tldrnewsletter https://app.daily.dev/posts/vibe-coding-tutorial-and-best-practices-cursor-windsurf--ogsgvfvzq https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/google-announces-agreement-acquire-wiz https://blog.jetbrains.com/webstorm/2025/03/webstorm-2025-1-beta/?ref=dailydev https://openai.com/index/court-rejects-elon/?utm_source=tldrai https://developer.chrome.com/blog/memory-safety-fonts?utm_source=tldrwebdev https://www.howtogeek.com/docs-alternative-google-docs-notion-france-germany/?ref=dailydev

Mar 21, 2025 - 16:22

Weekly #12-2025: Astro 5.5, Tailwind Plus, TypeScript 7, and More

Astro is a JavaScript web framework optimized for building fast, content-driven websites. With the release of version 5.5, it introduces better support for diagramming tools, improved Markdown compatibility, and type-safe sessions!

Addition to these another experimental feature is:

Preserve order of style and script tags

Tailwind UI is now Tailwind Plus

Tailwind UI has undergone a major rebranding and is now called Tailwind Plus. The new offering expands beyond UI components and provides additional resources for developers.

TypeScript 7 Introduces a Native Compiler

TypeScript 7 brings a native compiler written in Go, promising up to 10x faster performance compared to the current compiler. This aims to improve editor responsiveness, build times, and memory usage.

xAI Acquires AI Video Startup Hotshot

Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, has acquired Hotshot, a startup specializing in AI-powered video generation similar to OpenAI’s Sora.

Hotshot’s CEO, Aakash Sastry, announced the news on X:
Announcement

Vibe Coding: AI Agents Writing Code

This week, I explored Vibe coding, where AI agents like Cursor and Windsurf write entire applications with minimal human intervention.

Google Cloud Acquires Wiz for $32 Billion

Google Cloud is acquiring Wiz for $32 billion to strengthen cloud security. Wiz offers tools to prevent, detect, and respond to cyber threats.

WebStorm 2025.1 Beta is Here

JetBrains released WebStorm 2025.1 Beta, featuring AI enhancements, framework improvements, and a better user experience.

Court Rejects Elon Musk’s Attempt to Slow OpenAI

A court has rejected Elon Musk’s attempt to slow OpenAI, dismissing several of his claims and denying his request for an injunction.

Chrome Replaces FreeType with Rust-Based Skrifa

Google Chrome has replaced FreeType with Skrifa, a Rust-based font processing library that improves memory safety and reduces security vulnerabilities.

France & Germany Back Open-Source Docs Editor

A new open-source collaborative text editor called Docs is being developed as an alternative to Notion, Google Docs, and Outline, backed by the governments of France and Germany.