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TypeScript 7.0 ships a native Go compiler, ~10× faster
Microsoft's port of the TypeScript compiler to Go delivers 8–12× faster full builds — type-checking VS Code drops from ~126s to ~11s.
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Rolldown 1.0 ships a stable Rust bundler — and becomes Vite's default
Vite's new Rust-based bundler reaches its first stable release: 10–30× faster than Rollup, on par with esbuild, Rollup-plugin-compatible, and now the default bundler in Vite 8.
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Next.js 16 makes Turbopack the default bundler — webpack is now opt-out
The dominant React meta-framework ships its Rust-based bundler as stable for dev and production builds and flips the default: custom webpack setups now have to opt out.
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