The Callback

🤖 A bot tries to ruin a developer’s reputation, two AI companies accidentally write the same announcement, Microsoft ‘morges’ into new territory, and an open source project shames npm into updating. Welcome to Episode 8 of The Callback, the weekly show where we look at what’s happening in web development and find the weird and absurd parts along the way

ClawdBot/MoltBot/OpenClaw takes the internet by storm but ruins the challenge of hacking. Cursor spends millions on a browser that doesn't browse. Astro stops playing the field and finally settles down. Learn more about Prismic! https://bit.ly/4pdYER6Welcome to Episode 7 of The Callback, the weekly show where we look at what’s happening in web development and find the weird and absurd parts al...

React has a series of pretty bad vulnerabilities and we get to talk to the hackers who found the exploits. The big AI companies start a foundation, and Block is there, too. Cursor's new feature helps us all escape the terrible life of someone who knows how to write CSS.Learn more about Prismic! https://bit.ly/4pdYER6Welcome to Episode 6 of The Callback, the weekly show where we look at what’s...

Anthropic acquires Bun and releases a new version of Claude 4.5, plus Vercel acquires a Python database company and Antigravity kindly wipes someone's hard drive. Learn more about Prismic! https://bit.ly/4pdYER6Welcome to Episode 5 of The Callback, the weekly show where we look at what’s happening in web development and find the weird and absurd parts along the way. If you want to keep up with...

Cloudflare goes down and takes the internet with it. Google unveils its latest AI model Gemini 3, is it America's next top model? Google also released a new IDE with agents called Antigravity. Learn more about Prismic! https://bit.ly/4pdYER6Welcome to Episode 4 of The Callback, the weekly show where we look at what’s happening in web development and find the weird and absurd parts along the wa...

Cursor just dropped Version 2.0, and Figma announced a bunch of new design system features. Cursor moves more towards ChatGPT and Figma moves closer towards a JavaScript framework. Welcome to Episode 3 of The Callback, the weekly show where we look at what’s happening in web development and find the weird and absurd parts along the way. This week:Cursor 2 adds parallel agents, a built-in browser,...

Welcome to Episode 2 of The Callback, the weekly show where we look at what’s happening in web development and find the weird and absurd parts along the way. This week:GitHub turns VS Code into Agent HQResearchers discover “brain rot” in LLMsVitest 4 stabilizes Browser ModeVercel adds durable async workflowsCory LaViska launches two design systems — Web Awesome and Quiet UIAdvent of Code cuts down...

The internet went down, Next.js fixed caching again, and Claude got mad skills. Welcome to Episode 1 of The Callback, the weekly show where we look at what’s happening in web development and find the weird and absurd parts along the way. This week:AWS takes a DNS snow dayNext.js 16 releases with new Cache ComponentsOxlint adds JS plugin support to dethrone ESLintAnthropic drops Claude Haiku 4.5, C...

React and Remix are breaking up, Vite is bulking up, and React just got faster. Welcome to Episode 0 of The Callback, a new weekly show where we look at what’s happening in web development and find the weird and absurd parts along the way. In this episode, we cover Remix 3, OpenAI’s Dev Day, Vite Plus, Cursor’s new mode, React Compiler 1.0, and more. If you want to keep up with tech in a fun and e...