It’s time for another round of tech news.
OpenAI released Atlas.
A full-fledged web browser that bakes ChatGPT right into the interface.
It’s designed to let you browse, search, and summarize pages inside the same window, powered by GPT-4o-mini.
Imagine Chrome, but every tab comes with its own assistant.
It’s Mac-only for now, with Windows coming later, and yes, it uses Chromium under the hood.
But not everything’s shiny — early testers already found that the browser might be more vulnerable than Chrome or Edge because of how its sandboxing works.
So yeah, it’s cool… but maybe don’t log into your bank account just yet.
Next, React Native 0.82.
After seven years of work — yes, seven — the React Native team has finally shipped the New Architecture.
It’s a total rebuild of how React Native talks to your phone’s native layer.
Gone is the old JSON bridge that caused delays and random jank.
Now, JavaScript and native code communicate directly through a new C++ API.
You also get concurrent rendering and an event loop that can handle multiple priorities, meaning smoother UIs and fewer dropped frames.
And there’s a new version of the Hermes engine, with huge performance gains.
Then there’s Next.js 16.
This version makes Turbopack the default bundler, adds new caching APIs, and integrates seamlessly with the React Compiler.
It’s faster, leaner, and breaks just enough things to remind you it’s still JavaScript.
And speaking of JavaScript, Node… version 25 came out.
It ships with the V8 14.1 engine, faster JSON.stringify, built-in base64 helpers, and safer defaults for networking.
Not as flashy as Bun, but this is the foundation most of the web still runs on — so those boring updates matter.
Now, let’s talk about the new kid on the block — Vite+.
The team behind Vite, Vitest, and Rolldown announced Vite Plus — a unified toolchain that does everything:
develop, build, test, lint, and even visualize your project, all from one CLI written in Rust.
So instead of duct-taping five tools together, you just run vite new.
It’s still source-available and free for individuals, but the premium features will help fund the ecosystem.
Honestly, I love this move — finally an open-source company that wants to make money without turning into another cloud platform.
In framework news, Astro 5.15 dropped with smarter font preloads and deployment fixes.
Solito 5 brings better support for hybrid Next + React Native apps.
Biome 2.3 improves linting speed and stability.
And the Hono CLI now scaffolds full-stack apps in seconds.
Cursor 2 also launched this week, and it’s not just an editor update.
It’s trying to become the AI IDE — think Copilot, but deeply integrated into your entire workflow.
You can ask questions, refactor code, and spin up full projects without leaving your editor.
And then there’s Workflow.
It’s a new TypeScript toolkit that makes your async code durable.
Basically, you can take any regular async function, add "use workflow", and it suddenly becomes reliable, resumable, and observable — no queues, no YAML, no ops nightmares.
Think of it as “reliability-as-code.” You write normal TypeScript, and Workflow handles retries, state persistence, and tracing automatically.
You can even pause for days or months, come back, and pick up right where you left off — perfect for long-running jobs or AI agents that need memory.
There’s built-in observability too, so you can replay, debug, and time-travel through your workflow runs.
It works locally, in Docker, or on Vercel — totally open source and portable.
That’s all for this week...
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