118: Bun 1.3 - From Runtime to Full-Stack Powerhouse

Back in May, the Remix cofounders revealed they were reimagining Remix v3 from the ground up, and this past week at Remix Jam, they gave a sneak peek of it. It’s fair to say this new framework shouldn’t be called Remix at all because it’s departed so far from its origins: devs manually update state, it uses signals, routes are defined in a TS doc, and it will ship with a component library, for starters. Will it catch on, who knows?

Not to be outdone by React v19.2 last week, Next.js 16 beta debuted (with support for React 19.2 included). In addition to the latest version of React, Next.js 16 has also declared Turbopack, RSC support, and React Compiler all stable, and improved its caching system as well.

And Bun is back in the news with the release of Bun 1.3, and it’s a doozy of a minor version release. Bun wants to be a full-stack JavaScript runtime as it now includes a full-stack dev server, built in support for MySQL and Redis DBs, routing, and the ability to package an entire project into one executable for cross-platform support. Well done, Bun team!

Chapter Markers:

01:14 - Remix v3
10:38 - Next.js 16 beta
17:35 - Bun 1.3
24:42 - Firefox 144 released w/view transition support
25:19 - HBO changes TV channel names
28:00 - W3C has a new logo
31:25 - What’s making us happy

News:

Paige - Bun 1.3
Jack - Remix v3
TJ - Next.js 16 beta

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118: Bun 1.3 - From Runtime to Full-Stack Powerhouse

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