Published on 08.01.2026
TLDR: Theo Browne migrated T3 Chat from Next.js to TanStack Start, not because Next.js is bad, but because his specific use case demanded a client-first architecture that Next.js wasn't designed for.
Link: I moved off of Next.js
TLDR: AI coding agents have evolved from autocomplete tools to autonomous systems that can control terminals, run tests, and produce production-grade code contributions.
Link: Promoting AI agents
TLDR: Appwrite launched Imagine, an AI platform that generates complete production applications with real backend services, not just frontend prototypes.
Link: Introducing Imagine: from ideas to real products
TLDR: JavaScript's Temporal API is finally here to replace the fundamentally flawed Date constructor, bringing immutable operations, proper timezone support, and sensible month indexing.
Link: Date is out, Temporal is in
TLDR: As AI increasingly writes production code faster and often better than developers, engineers face a genuine sense of loss for the craft they spent years mastering.
Link: The grief when AI writes most of the code
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