It seems like innovation goes through this pattern, when suddenly a new shiny thing appears—which in turn is something old that was forgotten. Technology is no different. There is of course innovation happening, but many new things are just reused old things.
Take, for example, build automation and task execution tools. I bet you can name more than 4 just for JavaScript that were used in the past 5 years. But do you know about that make — a robust build automation tool that exists for 46 years? It’s very popular, and I think every project should provide a Makefile. Want to know why? Then I encourage you to read my new blog post. Why you should adopt Makefile in all of your projects.
TypeScript 4.9 has landed
Great news! Earlier this month, TypeScript 4.9 was released. It’s a great step towards safer development, especially with the satisfies operator. Go check it out!