Chris Barber
Chris Barber
@chrisbarber.dev
Software Engineer at Harper, Titanium SDK stepdad, formerly ▲ @vercel, ♥ Rust and JavaScript, based in Minneapolis, MN
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Titanium SDK 13.4.1.GA is out! Fixed BottomNavigation keyboard and the androidback event handling on Android and a deadlock opening windows on iOS. Blog: tidev.io/blog/sdk_13_... Install: ti sdk i 13.4.1.GA #titaniumsdk #mobiledev #javascript
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Titanium SDK 13.4.0.GA is out! It will now have Android targetSDK 36 by default, some V8 runtime memory cleanup and path fixes for Windows users. Check the full blog post at: tidev.io/blog/sdk_13_... #titaniumsdk #mobiledev #javascript
Did you hear the news? The new Snooplogg just dropped! www.npmjs.com/package/snoo...
I'm so excited to see rocksdb-js ship! This project has been a labor of love. Stoked to see it already powering Harper v5 and I hope you give it a peek!
New from Harper: rocksdb-js. → Full transaction support → Lazy range iteration → TypeScript API → Prebuilt binaries → Built-in transaction log A ground-up open source RocksDB binding for Node.js. Huge thanks to @chrisbarber.dev. www.harper.fast/resources/ne...
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Titanium SDK 13.2.0.GA is now available! This release adds support for Node.js 24, improved Mac Catalyst support, new iOS WebView API, tons of Android improvements, and more! Blog: tidev.io/blog/sdk_13_... Install: ti sdk i 13.2.0.GA
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Titanium SDK 13.1.1.GA is now available! This release fixes Android env detection, Mac Catalyst build/App Store dist issues, Node.js 24 support for iOS device builds, and reverts tabBarItem regression. Blog: tidev.io/blog/sdk_13_... Install: ti sdk i 13.1.1.GA
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Titanium SDK 13.1.0 GA is now available! BIG release! Updated Gradle/Kotlin tooling, Android 7 min target, iOS Swift Package Manager (SPM) support and generated dSYM files, plus many more improvements. Read more: tidev.io/blog/sdk_13_... Install: ti sdk i 13.1.0.GA
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Today on the pod, Node 24 goes LTS, Nuxt Image V2 brings TS goodies, and Anders shares insights on TypeScript's AI era rise. Plus community takes on engineering practices! share.transistor.fm/s/b87c759b #typescript
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Titanium SDK 13.0.1 is now available! This release fixes an "Application Not Responding" error on Android, TabBar appearance bug, and a few other issues. Read more: tinyurl.com/2nh388xt. Install: ti sdk i 13.0.1.GA
I open sourced my accent wall designer. You can use it to create vertical wood strip wall designs. Demo: accentwall.chrisbarber.dev Source: github.com/cb1kenobi/ac...
If you think npm's architecture is good, go watch @darcyclarke.me's talk. The dependency graph is complex and @vlt.sh is reinventing it in a smart and unique way. www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8nG...
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✅Announcing Vitest 4.0 ✅ Our latest Vitest update brings Browser Mode to stable, allowing you to test your UI in real browsers like Chrome. Also new: - Visual Regression Testing to catch unintended UI changes - Playwright Trace support for easier debugging voidzero.dev/posts/announ...
Yo! SnoopLogg 6.1.1 is out with support for log level filtering! const logger = new SnoopLogg({ logLevel: 'info' }); Show some love and drop a star: github.com/cb1kenobi/sn...
Yo! Did you hear? SnoopLogg has been receiving a lot of love from the homies at the @typescript.fm, check 'em out!
Community highlights ✨ - @nodesource.bsky.social on npm packages to axe - @rafaelgss.dev shares Node 25 updates - @robpalmer.bsky.social on Map upserts & import bytes - @chrisbarber.dev releases SnoopLogg v6.0.4 CLI logging library (we lol'd) - @stefanjudis.com reminds us AbortController exists
I would love to go to Tokyo, but I'd love it even more if someone hacked together something super cool in Harper and took the prize! Let's go! #javascript #nodejs
🚀 Harper Hack ’25 kicks off tomorrow! Join us Oct 21 at 10 a.m. MT for the kickoff event 🎉 Compete in our 2-week virtual hackathon celebrating Harper’s open-source future — and win a trip to Tokyo (🎌 up to $5K value)! 👉 Sign up now: buff.ly/33cu3bW
Yo, did you hear, the new SnoopLogg just dropped! v6.0.3 with official support for Deno and uses @rolldown.rs to speed up bundling by 8x and reduce ESM bundle size by 2%. Check it: www.npmjs.com/package/snoo... #nodejs #typescript #javascript
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Titanium SDK is officially on Bluesky! For those of you that have never heard of us, Titanium allows you to build native iOS and Android apps using JavaScript! Real native apps, not a webview. We're open source and just celebrated 15 years. Check us out: titaniumsdk.com
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Node.js You Don't Need a Dependency Slides for my @jsconf.bsky.social talk are up. Thanks to everyone for listening and the many great conversations after! noti.st/brianmuenzen... #nodejs #jsconf #opensource
One of my favorite pictures from JSConf is the three Chris/Kris’s @voodootikigod.bsky.social @kriszyp.bsky.social #jsconf
My friend @brianmuenzenmeyer.com wrote a book about the world of open source! Take a sec and check it out: approachableopensource.com
It just wouldn’t have been a JSConf without Ethan Arrowood and @ruyadorno.com. The work they do for the Node.js world is appreciated. #jsconf
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🎉 Congrats to Ethan Arrowood for winning the Leading by Example JavaScriptLandia Award from the @openjsf at #JSConf 2025! Ethan’s impact spans the JS ecosystem — from @nodejs, Undici, and WinterCG to his leadership within OpenJS and contributions to Harper’s open-source efforts. 👉 buff.ly/YnbgF5o
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We 💙 our friends at @harperfast.bsky.social!
🚀 Big news from #JSConf! Harper is now open source!🎉 Stephen Goldberg & @kriszyp.bsky.social dropped the announcement live on stage, and our “High Octane. Open Source.” coffee bar kept devs buzzing. ☕️ Dive in → harper.fast/start
Huge thanks to the @vlt.sh team for building something new and refreshing in the world of package managers and taunting me with LEGO to try it out. Join me and check them out: www.vlt.sh
Ezekiel Keator giving a great talk about feature flags! Check him out: ezstack.dev #jsconf
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Here are the slides for my Node.js year in review talk: speakerdeck.com/ruyadorno/no... #nodejs #javascript #JSConf
Yippee yo, yippee yah, today I’m thrilled to announce the maintenance release of the most badass debug logger for Node.js: SnoopLogg! www.npmjs.com/package/snoo... #jsconf
Ported my website, chrisbarber.dev, from SvelteKit back to Next.js. Now I have a comfortable base to work with. I'd like to add a blog of sorts. I have hundreds of posts over the past 20 years sitting in MySQL backups.