GitHub's 2025 Octoverse, TypeScript Modernizer, and the Speculation Rules API

Octoverse: A new developer joins GitHub every second as AI leads TypeScript to #1

TLDR: GitHub's 2025 Octoverse report reveals that a new developer joins GitHub every second, with AI driving a surge in activity and TypeScript becoming the most used language on the platform.

Link: Octoverse: A new developer joins GitHub every second as AI leads TypeScript to #1

Announcing the JavaScript/TypeScript Modernizer for VS Code

TLDR: Microsoft has released a new AI-assisted tool for VS Code called the JavaScript/TypeScript Modernizer. It uses GitHub Copilot to help developers upgrade their projects, automating package updates and code changes.

Link: Announcing the JavaScript/TypeScript Modernizer for VS Code - Microsoft for Developers

<100ms E-commerce: Instant loads with Speculation Rules API

TLDR: The Speculation Rules API (SRA) is a new browser feature that can dramatically improve the perceived performance of websites by prerendering or prefetching pages that a user is likely to visit next.

Link: <100ms E-commerce: Instant loads with Speculation Rules API