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Database

Drizzle ORM v1.0.0-rc.1: JIT mappers, Effect v4, new casing API

Release candidate on the road to 1.0: optional JIT row mappers, a codec rewrite, native Effect v4 integration, Netlify DB driver, and a breaking rework of the casing API.

CodeAlchemy Team··7 min read
GraphQL

Apollo Router v2.14: federation ops, JWT options, coprocessor polish

April 2026 router release — JSON logging improvements, supergraph path normalization, per-JWKS JWT settings, and selective response shaping for coprocessors (check release notes for your deployment).

CodeAlchemy Team··5 min read
OpenAPI
OpenAPI

OpenAPI → TypeScript in 30 seconds: a practical recipe

Take a 3.x spec, generate types, schemas, and a typed fetch client without leaving the browser. A 30-second recipe with real-world tweaks for production.

CodeAlchemy Team··6 min read
Tailwind
Tailwind

Tailwind v4 + Next.js: what actually changed for app router projects

An independent walkthrough of config removal, CSS imports, and build-plugin choices when pairing Tailwind v4 with Next.js.

CodeAlchemy Team··7 min read
Design Tokens
Design Tokens

Style Dictionary vs Tokens Studio vs Tailwind config in 2026

Three popular routes for design tokens — when to pick each, how they handle the W3C DTCG format, and a pragmatic rule of thumb based on team size and tooling.

CodeAlchemy Team··8 min read
GraphQL
GraphQL

Mocking GraphQL schemas: a practical guide to fast, realistic data

A pragmatic guide to mocking GraphQL schemas — when SDL-driven generation beats manually authored fixtures, how depth limits actually work, and where Faker.js shines.

CodeAlchemy Team··7 min read
Database

Drizzle 0.45.2: security fix for sql.identifier / sql.as escaping

Patch release closes improper escaping that could lead to SQL injection (CWE-89) when using sql.identifier() or sql.as() — upgrade if you use these helpers.

CodeAlchemy Team··4 min read
Design Tokens

Style Dictionary v5.4.0 ships DTCG 2025.10 dimension tokens + shorthand fixes

Amazon-maintained Style Dictionary adds first-class support for the DTCG dimension object form ({ value, unit }) while keeping string dimensions working; built-in CSS shorthands updated for typography, border, and shadow.

CodeAlchemy Team··5 min read
Database
Database

Drizzle vs Prisma in 2026: a fair comparison

Prisma 7 went Rust-free with a smaller bundle; Drizzle 1.0 hit RC. A pragmatic side-by-side covering schema authoring, migrations, query DX, perf, and edge support.

CodeAlchemy Team··9 min read
GraphQL

graphql-js v17 (alpha): ESM-first, defer/stream, AbortSignal in GraphQLResolveInfo

Reference implementation alphas on npm/JSR — Node 20+, conditional exports, explicit dev mode, validated default values, and incremental delivery primitives for server authors.

CodeAlchemy Team··7 min read
Tailwind

Tailwind CSS v4.2: webpack plugin, new colors, logical utilities

v4.2 adds @tailwindcss/webpack, four new palettes (mauve, olive, mist, taupe), logical spacing and font-features utilities — summarized from the release coverage.

CodeAlchemy Team··6 min read
OpenAPI
OpenAPI

OpenAPI in 2026: Overlay 1.1, Moonwalk SIG, FAPI/AuthZEN, and agent-ready APIs

February 2026 OAI newsletter — LLMs as API clients, Moonwalk focus areas, planned security profiles (FAPI, AuthZEN), and ecosystem notes (events, AI-readiness scorecard).

CodeAlchemy Team··7 min read
Tailwind
Tailwind

A developer’s guide to Tailwind CSS in 2026

Editorial overview of Tailwind’s trajectory, v4 adoption, and how AI assistants default to utility CSS — from LogRocket’s updated long read.

CodeAlchemy Team··8 min read
OpenAPI

Overlay Specification 1.1.0: copy/move actions, primitive updates, RFC 9535 JSONPath

OAI’s Overlay spec — the repeatable patch layer on top of OpenAPI documents — adds a copy action, tighter updates to scalars, and JSONPath alignment for tooling interoperability.

CodeAlchemy Team··5 min read
Database

Prisma 7: Rust-free client, smaller bundles, edge-ready deployments

Major Prisma ORM release: TypeScript client, prisma-client generator, generated output in source by default, prisma.config.ts — plus Prisma Postgres and npm create db.

CodeAlchemy Team··9 min read
Design Tokens
Design Tokens

DTCG reaches first stable spec (2025.10): theming, modern color, interoperability

W3C Design Tokens Community Group announces production-ready 2025.10 — vendor-neutral format, Display P3 / OKLCH, multi-brand themes, and tool support from Style Dictionary to Figma and Penpot.

CodeAlchemy Team··8 min read
Database

PostgreSQL 18: async I/O, faster upgrades, uuidv7(), OAuth 2.0

Official GA from September 2025: new asynchronous I/O subsystem (up to ~3× read throughput in benchmarks), planner stats across pg_upgrade, skip scans, temporal constraints, and more.

CodeAlchemy Team··8 min read
OpenAPI

OpenAPI 3.2.0: nested tags, query method, streaming (SSE, JSONL), OAuth device flow

Minor release with big ergonomics: multipurpose tags with parent/kind registry, HTTP query + querystring schema, sequential media types with itemSchema, OAuth device authorization + server metadata — backward compatible with 3.1.

CodeAlchemy Team··8 min read
GraphQL

GraphQL September 2025 spec: first major edition since October 2021

Official September 2025 release — @oneOf inputs, schema coordinates, document descriptions, broader deprecations, full Unicode grammar, and clearer execution semantics for tools and AI agents.

CodeAlchemy Team··8 min read
GraphQL
GraphQL

Safer multi-option inputs with GraphQL @oneOf

How the new oneOf input object directive models “pick exactly one branch” in the schema — fewer sentinels, better validation, nicer codegen for forms and prompts.

CodeAlchemy Team··6 min read
Design Tokens

Native open-standard tokens in Penpot (Tokens Studio × Penpot)

Tokens Studio and Penpot ship native token sets and themes on the W3C DTCG spec — open-source design tool + open format, aimed at silo-free handoff to engineering.

CodeAlchemy Team··6 min read
Tailwind

Tailwind CSS v4.1: text shadows, masks, and more

v4.1 ships text-shadow utilities, mask-* APIs, pointer/any-pointer variants, and DX bits like @source not — straight from the release post.

CodeAlchemy Team··6 min read
Tailwind

Tailwind v3 vs v4: what changed in utility classes

CSS-first config, automatic content detection, and a faster engine — the headline shifts you feel when moving from v3 to v4.

CodeAlchemy Team··7 min read
Tailwind

Tailwind CSS v4.0 is here: engine, CSS-first config, Play

The January 2025 milestone: faster incremental builds, @import tailwindcss, OKLCH palette, container queries in core, and @starting-style variant.

CodeAlchemy Team··9 min read