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Just as we do every month, we've pulled together a selection of articles from the world of web tech that we think are worth sharing…

Learn how to benefit from AI and Large Language Models, get insights into TypeScript 5.3’s new features, find out the best React Native subscription library, and much more.

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What’s new with TypeScript 5.3

The TypeScript team has released version 5.3 as beta and this blog post brings us an overview of the new features. Have a read to find out more about what’s new, including import attributes, improved types narrowing in the switch command, and improved compiler performance.

Valibot – the new structural data validation library

Valibot is one of the newest additions to the world of structural data validation libraries, such as Zod or Yup. Compared to those libraries, Valibot introduces a significantly smaller bundle size by allowing tree shaking to remove dead code and it also auto-creates TypeScript types based on the schema definition. To understand how it works and find out more about the features, check out the article.

Best subscription libraries for React Native

Does your React Native application require a subscription plan or in-app purchases? If it does, this article will come in handy as it provides a comprehensive overview of available solutions.

How Next.js improved package imports

Get inspired by how the Next.js team managed to improve the performance of development builds, and understand what barrel files are, as well as their shortcomings.

An overview of AI Large Language Models 

The article brings a high-level overview of the AI components called Large Language Models (LLMs), the tools used with them, and specific use cases. These language models have gained huge popularity with the introduction of GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT.