Zod v4: Prettier, Better, Faster, Smaller

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It’s been 4 years since TypeScript schema validation library Zod released v3, but the new v4 release makes it worth the wait. Expect faster parsing times across the board, built in error pretty-printing, and even a tree-shakeable API called Zod Mini for constrained environments like edge runtimes.
There’s a new npm-based CLI tool for managing and sharing AI rules across different editors and tools called vibe-rules. In addition to saving favorite prompts so they can be applied to any supported editor, vibe-rules can also automatically install prompts shared in a project’s NPM packages into an editor’s configuration. It’s early days yet, but a great idea to make prompts easier for anyone to use.
Angular v20 is out with some much anticipated highlights. Stabilized signal-based APIs, incremental hydration, custom Angular reporting directly in Chrome DevTools, GenAI development advancements, and, last but not least, a RFC for an official Angular mascot. Not to bias you, but we favor the pink, dice-shaped mascot around here.

In this episode:

• 1:10 - Zod v4
• 5:50 - vibe-rules
• 15:12 - Angular 20
• 27:03 - Remix v3
• 31:32 - Stack Overflow’s Annual Dev Survey
• 38:02 - Firefox and Temporal
• 39:15 - Bolt’s hackathon status

News:

• Paige - Zod v4
• Jack - vibe-rules
• TJ - Angular 20

Lightning News:

• Remix v3 updates
• Firefox is the first browser to support Temporal (Temporal on MDN)
• StackOverflow’s Annual Dev Survey is out now
• Bolt’s hackathon starts

What Makes Us Happy this Week:

• Paige - Annual Gloucestershire cheese rolling race and Wiki history
• Jack - The Portland Pickles baseball game
• TJ - StoryGraph and The God of the Woods

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