Ilya Evseev — Entrepreneur & Software Engineer

Weekly Digest

Devs this week: Next.js 16.2 ships 400% faster dev, Vite 8 unifies on Rolldown, and TypeScript 6.0 bridges to native

Devs this week: Next.js 16.2 ships 400% faster dev, Vite 8 unifies on Rolldown, and TypeScript 6.0 bridges to native

Next.js 16.2 brings 400% faster dev startup and AI tooling, Vite 8 unifies on Rust-based Rolldown for 10–30x faster builds, and TypeScript 6.0 prepares for its Go rewrite. Plus: Swift goes Android, Expo drops legacy architecture, and an npm supply chain attack hits React Native.

AI this week: Anthropic vs. the Pentagon, OpenAI kills Sora, and the White House unveils its AI playbook

AI this week: Anthropic vs. the Pentagon, OpenAI kills Sora, and the White House unveils its AI playbook

A federal judge questions the Pentagon's Anthropic blacklisting, OpenAI shuts down Sora and raises $120B, the White House pushes federal AI regulation, and NVIDIA launches enterprise agent tools at GTC — plus open-model breakthroughs, Google's Stitch redesign, and more.