September 3, 2025

JSter #247 - Libraries and more

I don't have money, but I have JavaScript.

I have been looking into vibecoding lately. It's impressive and disappointing at the same time.

Frameworks

• Pico CSS - Minimal CSS Framework for semantic HTML
• trueadm/ripple: Ripple is a TypeScript UI framework for the web.

Libraries

• React Flow - Node-Based UIs in React
• Transformers.js - State-of-the-art Machine Learning for the Web
• Apache ECharts v6
• jqjs - Pure-JavaScript implementation of the jq JSON query language
• uhtml V5
• MingCute Icon - Carefully Designed Icon Library
• UnsuckJS - Enhance HTML with lightweight JavaScript libraries

Techniques

• A Clock That Doesn't Snap
• A gentle introduction to anchor positioning
• Speeding up the JavaScript ecosystem - Semver
• Why semantic HTML still matters
• HTML popovers shown on interest should be accessible on mobile devices
• React Server and Client Component Composition in Practice
• Composable Adopted Stylesheets
• One weird trick to reduce Eleventy Image Build Times by 60%
• Modern Node.js Patterns for 2025
• Making a faded text effect in (mostly) CSS
• vi.mock Is a Footgun: Why vi.spyOn Should Be Your Default

Tools

• Oxlint Type-Aware Preview - The JavaScript Oxidation Compiler
• Penpot: The Design Tool for Design & Code Collaboration
• stacksjs/buddy-bot: 🐶 Automated & optimized dependency updates for JavaScript & TypeScript projects. Like Renovate & Dependabot.

Demos

• ghuntley/vibepad - leftpad with Claude

Articles

• Reflections on the React community by Lee Robinson
• How Do Committees Fail To Invent?
• The web isn’t URL-shaped anymore
• Building an Async Combobox with useSuspenseQuery() and useDeferredValue() in React
• What evil martians learned from creating PostCSS
• How Ryan Built a Full-Stack React Framework 4x Faster Than Next.js With 4x More Throughput

Languages

• Announcing TypeScript 5.9