Compilers, toolchains and language implementations: TypeScript, MSVC, bytecode VMs and how source becomes running code.
The August 2026 MSVC Build Tools Preview fixes 40 reported compiler bugs and adds real ARM64 codegen work, including Armv9.2 LUTI2 lookup-table support. It targets Visual Studio 2026 v14.52 and ships through both the Stable and Insiders channels.
A deep look at how Microsoft's Go-based TypeScript 7 compiler achieves its speed gains, and what the Visual Studio Code team's year-long migration reveals about adopting it safely.
TypeScript 7.0 has officially launched, bringing a native Go-based compiler with 8x to 12x faster build times. Here's what shipped, how to install it, and how to migrate safely.
TypeScript 7.0 Beta dropped yesterday. The entire compiler has been ported from TypeScript/JavaScript to Go, and the numbers are real. The Sentry codebase drops from 133 seconds to 16. Editor startup drops from 9.6 seconds to 1.2. Memory usage is roughly halved.
TypeScript 6.0 dropped today. It's the last version of TypeScript written in TypeScript. Strict mode is on by default, ES5 is gone, outFile is dead, and TypeScript 7.0 — rewritten in Go — is right behind it. Here's everything that changed and what you actually need to do.
Ever wonder how Python's CPython, the JVM, or the Lua VM actually execute code under the hood? In this article, we build a stack-based bytecode virtual machine from scratch in C.
