Orta Therox
@orta.io
Somewhat indie games dev/founder on @puzzmo.com with @stfj.net and friends - always thinking about dev tooling
Prior work on @typescriptlang.org and @artsy.net
Prior work on @typescriptlang.org and @artsy.net
The @vscode.dev documentary was such a great watch, I thought I knew most of the story but there are so many details that are fleshed out in this almost 2 hour whopper
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHL3...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHL3...
The Story of VS Code | Official Documentary
YouTube video by Visual Studio Code
www.youtube.com
September 6, 2026 at 12:31 PM
The @vscode.dev documentary was such a great watch, I thought I knew most of the story but there are so many details that are fleshed out in this almost 2 hour whopper
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHL3...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHL3...
September 6, 2026 at 11:37 AM
@robdubbin.bsky.social My dude, I got the bag! Thank you so much!
I've got a present for you coming to puzzmo hq (hopefully this week) which I can leave there either till next xword con or can get left with zach/Brooke too
so cool!
I've got a present for you coming to puzzmo hq (hopefully this week) which I can leave there either till next xword con or can get left with zach/Brooke too
so cool!
September 6, 2026 at 11:17 AM
@robdubbin.bsky.social My dude, I got the bag! Thank you so much!
I've got a present for you coming to puzzmo hq (hopefully this week) which I can leave there either till next xword con or can get left with zach/Brooke too
so cool!
I've got a present for you coming to puzzmo hq (hopefully this week) which I can leave there either till next xword con or can get left with zach/Brooke too
so cool!
Cool to see @typescriptlang.org shipping a bunch of the long-term 'we don't think we have the perf budget to add these features' issues now that the go port is stable!
They must be having a blast
They must be having a blast
September 1, 2026 at 6:58 AM
Cool to see @typescriptlang.org shipping a bunch of the long-term 'we don't think we have the perf budget to add these features' issues now that the go port is stable!
They must be having a blast
They must be having a blast
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Excited that TypeScript will finally support module types based on import attributes!
Bundlers and frameworks can now provide accurate types for custom imports:
Bundlers and frameworks can now provide accurate types for custom imports:
September 1, 2026 at 4:06 AM
Excited that TypeScript will finally support module types based on import attributes!
Bundlers and frameworks can now provide accurate types for custom imports:
Bundlers and frameworks can now provide accurate types for custom imports:
I've 1.0.0'd my Danger JS re-write today: Risk
If you use Danger in GitHub + GitHub Actions then it should be a simple dependency switch and you'd end up with substantially less moving parts
I've been using it daily in Puzzmo for 6 months with no issues
npmx.dev/package/risk
If you use Danger in GitHub + GitHub Actions then it should be a simple dependency switch and you'd end up with substantially less moving parts
I've been using it daily in Puzzmo for 6 months with no issues
npmx.dev/package/risk
August 24, 2026 at 7:21 PM
I've 1.0.0'd my Danger JS re-write today: Risk
If you use Danger in GitHub + GitHub Actions then it should be a simple dependency switch and you'd end up with substantially less moving parts
I've been using it daily in Puzzmo for 6 months with no issues
npmx.dev/package/risk
If you use Danger in GitHub + GitHub Actions then it should be a simple dependency switch and you'd end up with substantially less moving parts
I've been using it daily in Puzzmo for 6 months with no issues
npmx.dev/package/risk
Reposted by Orta Therox
Feeling nostalgic 👾💾
August 24, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Feeling nostalgic 👾💾
7 months ago I did a big "Upgrade to vite/rolldown" PR ( bsky.app/profile/orta... ) which reduced @puzzmo.com build times solidly.
Today we have experimental support for the react compiler in Vite natively (via oxc)
This managed to get all of puzzmo.com built in @vite.dev in under 3 seconds now!
Today we have experimental support for the react compiler in Vite natively (via oxc)
This managed to get all of puzzmo.com built in @vite.dev in under 3 seconds now!
August 24, 2026 at 4:47 PM
7 months ago I did a big "Upgrade to vite/rolldown" PR ( bsky.app/profile/orta... ) which reduced @puzzmo.com build times solidly.
Today we have experimental support for the react compiler in Vite natively (via oxc)
This managed to get all of puzzmo.com built in @vite.dev in under 3 seconds now!
Today we have experimental support for the react compiler in Vite natively (via oxc)
This managed to get all of puzzmo.com built in @vite.dev in under 3 seconds now!
Shipped the first version of Danger JS to use trusted publishing.
For the longest time Danger operated on the Moya community guidelines (if you get a PR merged, we'll offer you org access) which meant if GitHub write access was what mattered, then we had over 200 people who could make deploys!
For the longest time Danger operated on the Moya community guidelines (if you get a PR merged, we'll offer you org access) which meant if GitHub write access was what mattered, then we had over 200 people who could make deploys!
August 24, 2026 at 7:27 AM
Shipped the first version of Danger JS to use trusted publishing.
For the longest time Danger operated on the Moya community guidelines (if you get a PR merged, we'll offer you org access) which meant if GitHub write access was what mattered, then we had over 200 people who could make deploys!
For the longest time Danger operated on the Moya community guidelines (if you get a PR merged, we'll offer you org access) which meant if GitHub write access was what mattered, then we had over 200 people who could make deploys!
Reposted by Orta Therox
Thinkin' a bit about today @joanwestenberg.com's recent essay on ethics for the modern world. www.joanwestenberg.com/p/neo-...
August 22, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Thinkin' a bit about today @joanwestenberg.com's recent essay on ethics for the modern world. www.joanwestenberg.com/p/neo-...
Competing in the ALGS Challenger Circuits today, wish me luck! I wonder if it'll be on twitch
August 22, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Competing in the ALGS Challenger Circuits today, wish me luck! I wonder if it'll be on twitch
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The new content-mapper API in tsgo has just been merged and will be part of TS 7.1
It's what every framework dev has dreamed of for years. Really excited about this becoming a reality!
github.com/microsoft/ty...
It's what every framework dev has dreamed of for years. Really excited about this becoming a reality!
github.com/microsoft/ty...
Content mappers by andrewbranch · Pull Request #4712 · microsoft/typescript-go
Implements microsoft/TypeScript#63800 (comment)
Overview
Content mappers are external integrations that allow TypeScript to include otherwise unsupported file types in a program. They transform a f...
github.com
August 21, 2026 at 9:02 AM
The new content-mapper API in tsgo has just been merged and will be part of TS 7.1
It's what every framework dev has dreamed of for years. Really excited about this becoming a reality!
github.com/microsoft/ty...
It's what every framework dev has dreamed of for years. Really excited about this becoming a reality!
github.com/microsoft/ty...
@andymatuschak.org really enjoyed two accidental tyrannies - thanks for making it public and giving it such a great site to dig around on
August 20, 2026 at 2:37 PM
@andymatuschak.org really enjoyed two accidental tyrannies - thanks for making it public and giving it such a great site to dig around on
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I'm happy to announce my latest game Celestial Particles madebygare.itch.io/celestial-pa... for the 30th Secret Jam of Games (@secretlivesofgames.bsky.social) jam.
Click and Idle your way to creating the cosmos!
#gamedev #idle #clicker
Click and Idle your way to creating the cosmos!
#gamedev #idle #clicker
Celestial Particles by madebygare
Create.
madebygare.itch.io
August 16, 2026 at 4:43 PM
I'm happy to announce my latest game Celestial Particles madebygare.itch.io/celestial-pa... for the 30th Secret Jam of Games (@secretlivesofgames.bsky.social) jam.
Click and Idle your way to creating the cosmos!
#gamedev #idle #clicker
Click and Idle your way to creating the cosmos!
#gamedev #idle #clicker
I've bumped all of the @typescriptlang.org compiler usage in @puzzmo.com to now use TS7 and the new compiler API. All looks very reasonable and has every feature I needed for codegen and AST introspection
Literally no notes :+1:
Literally no notes :+1:
August 15, 2026 at 4:45 PM
I've bumped all of the @typescriptlang.org compiler usage in @puzzmo.com to now use TS7 and the new compiler API. All looks very reasonable and has every feature I needed for codegen and AST introspection
Literally no notes :+1:
Literally no notes :+1:
Reposted by Orta Therox
The API comes in sync and async flavors. You import from "unstable" for now, but it's not going to change architecturally before 7.1. Breaks will be mostly targeted renames/moves. You access programs through obtaining immutable snapshots. There will be more ways coming soon. More on this later.
August 15, 2026 at 2:05 AM
The API comes in sync and async flavors. You import from "unstable" for now, but it's not going to change architecturally before 7.1. Breaks will be mostly targeted renames/moves. You access programs through obtaining immutable snapshots. There will be more ways coming soon. More on this later.
Reposted by Orta Therox
If you’re not stalking TypeScript PRs, you might be surprised how much you can do with the API in nightlies (and even in 7.0 stable), so here’s a tiny demo that I think hits some of the highlights. 🧵
August 15, 2026 at 2:05 AM
If you’re not stalking TypeScript PRs, you might be surprised how much you can do with the API in nightlies (and even in 7.0 stable), so here’s a tiny demo that I think hits some of the highlights. 🧵
Tooting from my new Jolla phone
August 7, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Tooting from my new Jolla phone
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Thanks for mentioning the APIs and arethetypeswrong! ❤️ I feel like I need to get the word out that the compiler APIs are available today in nightlies, and even in 7.0, they’re just under “typescript/unstable” to make it clear that we reserve the right to make breaking changes before 7.1.
August 7, 2026 at 6:01 AM
Thanks for mentioning the APIs and arethetypeswrong! ❤️ I feel like I need to get the word out that the compiler APIs are available today in nightlies, and even in 7.0, they’re just under “typescript/unstable” to make it clear that we reserve the right to make breaking changes before 7.1.
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They are not quite complete but they’re getting pretty close! Several projects (like ts-loader) have already started building against them. The feedback from those early adopters has been super valuable but I’m getting the sense a lot of folks don’t know it exists already!
August 7, 2026 at 6:01 AM
They are not quite complete but they’re getting pretty close! Several projects (like ts-loader) have already started building against them. The feedback from those early adopters has been super valuable but I’m getting the sense a lot of folks don’t know it exists already!
Bought a new t-shirt in the size "small" for the first time in a few years, and it's a great fit!
This year I've lost 6kg (13lb) in fat from the gym and gained a tonne of muscle. It's been fun.
This year I've lost 6kg (13lb) in fat from the gym and gained a tonne of muscle. It's been fun.
August 2, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Bought a new t-shirt in the size "small" for the first time in a few years, and it's a great fit!
This year I've lost 6kg (13lb) in fat from the gym and gained a tonne of muscle. It's been fun.
This year I've lost 6kg (13lb) in fat from the gym and gained a tonne of muscle. It's been fun.
This seems like a really nice answer to making a mobile phone a solid gaming device
www.8bitdo.com/flippad/
www.8bitdo.com/flippad/
8BitDo FlipPad | 8BitDo
8BitDo FlipPad is a compact flip-style mobile gamepad with USB-C connection, real buttons, and a vertical handheld feel. Works with iPhone and Android phones.
www.8bitdo.com
August 2, 2026 at 12:45 PM
This seems like a really nice answer to making a mobile phone a solid gaming device
www.8bitdo.com/flippad/
www.8bitdo.com/flippad/
Reminder: I want to see more
@puzzmo.com accounts when I'm on Bluesky!
Help me juke my stats, if you've hooked bsky to Puzzmo, but don't have a paid account; DM me your profile link in the next 6 days and I'll gift you a year's sub
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@puzzmo.com accounts when I'm on Bluesky!
Help me juke my stats, if you've hooked bsky to Puzzmo, but don't have a paid account; DM me your profile link in the next 6 days and I'll gift you a year's sub
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August 1, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Reminder: I want to see more
@puzzmo.com accounts when I'm on Bluesky!
Help me juke my stats, if you've hooked bsky to Puzzmo, but don't have a paid account; DM me your profile link in the next 6 days and I'll gift you a year's sub
(The link is in the dropdown when you click on your nav avatar)
@puzzmo.com accounts when I'm on Bluesky!
Help me juke my stats, if you've hooked bsky to Puzzmo, but don't have a paid account; DM me your profile link in the next 6 days and I'll gift you a year's sub
(The link is in the dropdown when you click on your nav avatar)