Electrobun Born, MCP Hits Chrome, Still Learning to Code

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Matteo Collina, Node.js core contributor, pushes back against AI doomerism with a clear message: yes, learning to code is still valuable. And if you need a second opinion, Facundo Olano's --dangerously-skip-reading-code makes the case for actually understanding what your AI generates — the danger flag isn't just decorative.

Lars de Ridder went deep and intercepted 3,177 API calls across four AI coding tools — if you've ever wondered what's eating your context window, now you know. GitHub officially enters the agentic automation race with Agentic Workflows in Actions, and Chrome brings MCP to the browser so websites can actively participate when AI agents come knocking. Electrobun v1 ships a TypeScript-native desktop runtime that puts Electron on a diet, and the JavaScript runtime benchmarks are finally in: Node.js vs Deno vs Bun — your favorite is probably still your favorite.

On the tools front: Biome v2.4 keeps quietly improving everything, TanStack Hotkeys expands the TanStack empire with type-safe keyboard shortcuts, Oat delivers a zero-dependency UI library at a featherweight ~8KB, pg-typesafe generates TypeScript types straight from your PostgreSQL queries, and React Doctor lets coding agents diagnose and fix your React code automatically.

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Find the 12 highlighted links of weeklyfoo #125:

I Intercepted 3,177 API Calls Across 4 AI Coding Tools.

by Lars de Ridder

Here’s What’s Actually Filling Your Context Window.

🚀 Read it!, ai, comparison

Yes, Learning to Code Is Still Valuable

by Matteo Collina

Every few weeks, someone shares a bold opinion: Don't bother learning to code, AI will do it all.

📰 Good to know, ai, engineering

--dangerously-skip-reading-code

by Facundo Olano

I concluded my previous post saying that it was irresponsible to assume that we won’t need to worry about reading and debugging our code anymore.

📰 Good to know, ai, engineering

Electrobun v1

by Yoav

Build ultra fast, tiny, and cross-platform desktop apps with TypeScript.

📰 Good to know, typescript, bun

Biome v2.4

by Emanuele Stoppa

Embedded Snippets, HTML Accessibility, and Better Framework Support

📰 Good to know, format, lint, biome

WebMCP is available for early preview

by André Cipriani Bandarra

As the agentic web evolves, we want to help websites play an active role in how AI agents interact with them.

📰 Good to know, mcp, chrome

Automate repository tasks with GitHub Agentic Workflows

by Don Syme & Peli de Halleux

Discover GitHub Agentic Workflows, now in technical preview. Build automations using coding agents in GitHub Actions to handle triage, documentation, code quality, and more.

📰 Good to know, ai, github, agents, cli