React Native Goes Full Native, Solid 2.0 Enters Beta, and Bun Gets a Zig-Powered REPL
Published on 04.03.2026
Well folks, this is one of those weeks where the JavaScript ecosystem decides to ship everything at once. We have got a massive Expo SDK release that is basically daring Swift developers to tell the difference, Solid.js finally dropping its 2.0 beta, Bun rewriting its REPL from scratch in Zig because of course they did, and PlanetScale buying Drizzle. Let us dig in.
Expo SDK 55: Making React Native Actually Native
TLDR: Expo SDK 55, built on React Native 0.83 and React 19.2, introduces real SwiftUI and Jetpack Compose components usable directly from JavaScript, iOS home screen widgets without native code, and a completely reworked navigation system that makes React Native apps genuinely indistinguishable from fully native ones.
Expo Router v55: Navigation That Feels Like It Belongs
TLDR: Expo Router v55 rethinks navigation as composable React components with native platform primitives, while simultaneously expanding web support with experimental server-side rendering and data loaders.
Expo Router v55: More Native Navigation, More Powerful Web
Solid.js 2.0 Beta: The Suspense Is Over
TLDR: Solid 2.0 enters beta with async as a first-class citizen, a new Loading component for initial readiness, pending UI as an expression rather than a flag, and built-in mutation primitives with optimistic updates.
Bun 1.3.10: A New REPL, TC39 Decorators, and Performance Everywhere
TLDR: Bun 1.3.10 ships a completely rewritten REPL in Zig, full TC39 standard ES decorators support, self-contained HTML output via compile target, Windows ARM64 support, barrel import optimization, and a long list of performance improvements including 25x faster structuredClone for arrays.
Let's Discuss Sandbox Isolation
TLDR: A comprehensive breakdown of sandbox isolation techniques from Linux namespaces through gVisor, microVMs, and WebAssembly, with practical guidance on choosing the right boundary for your threat model, especially relevant as AI agents generate and execute untrusted code.
Let's Discuss Sandbox Isolation
Drizzle Joins PlanetScale
TLDR: PlanetScale has acquired the Drizzle ORM team, with Drizzle remaining an independent open-source project with its own roadmap while gaining the backing and resources of PlanetScale's infrastructure.
npmx: A New Browser for the npm Registry
TLDR: Daniel Roe and over 105 contributors launched the alpha of npmx.dev, a fast, community-driven alternative to the npm registry browser with social features, install size data, module format information, and support for 19 languages.