Hugh Grigg | Kensio Software

Freelance & Contract Software Development. Systems integrations, web development, database development, platform development, e-commerce. AWS specialist.

[IP @ipwanciu]

That's a small reminder! 👇

As of June 2026, HTTP has a new method - a GET with a `body` 😎

Meet QUERY (RFC 10008).

It lets you send complex queries in the body (like POST) while staying safe, idempotent, and cacheable (like GET). Already works on servers (Node.js, Go, Laravel…).

Browsers are still adding full support, usable now with care, with widespread adoption coming later in 2026+.

[Hugh Grigg | Kensio Software @KensioSoftware]

Yulin AWS simulator includes a simulated Amazon SNS for tests and local development. Topics are held in memory and actions are authorised by simulated IAM.

https://t.co/O4moBytBuO

[Taylor Otwell @taylorotwell]

One day I wrote the last unit test I would ever write by hand and never even realized it.

[Hugh Grigg | Kensio Software @KensioSoftware]

What to include in a test object factory

https://t.co/HsWWdWC9Zw

[Node.js @nodejs]

📣 New Node.js release 📣

Node.js 26.7.0 is out with Perfetto tracing support, STORE loaders for private keys, and `module.register()` hooks are now disposable, plus many patches.

Full changelog and download links: https://t.co/icC2WMhkym

[Hugh Grigg | Kensio Software @KensioSoftware]

Pinyin Playground.

Chinese hanzi romanisation and transcription tool using the open source kensio/pinyinjs library.

https://t.co/1OPyrS1vv8

[Hugh Grigg | Kensio Software @KensioSoftware]

@KaraBharat The `type-fest` library has this, if anyone wants a whole library of this kind of utility types: https://t.co/0cGXfrAXfg

[Hugh Grigg | Kensio Software @KensioSoftware]

Simulated API Gateway HTTP APIs in Yulin local AWS simulator. Integrates with simulated Lambdas and simulated Cognito for auth.

https://t.co/mbxstS6hgu

[Hugh Grigg | Kensio Software @KensioSoftware]

Yulin AWS simulator includes a simulated DynamoDB for tests and local development. Tables are held in memory, and every operation is authorized by simulated IAM.

https://t.co/O97rvQjTDo

[Hugh Grigg | Kensio Software @KensioSoftware]

@nitayneeman This looks like it might be useful for situations where we'd like to defer side-effects from loading the module until after we've had a chance to do some alteration first (common in test mocking libraries, for example). Does the eager loading prevent that, though?

[Hugh Grigg | Kensio Software @KensioSoftware]

Yulin AWS simulator includes a simulated SQS for tests and local development.

Messages are held in memory, hidden and released on the simulation’s own clock, and every operation is authorized by simulated IAM. Messages can be consumed by simulated Lambda functions.

https://t.co/bjkhnSw3jc

[Vite ⚡ @vite_js]

Vite 8.2 is out 🚀

• Top-level `input` option: No need to use `build.rolldownOptions`
• Warnings for config features the native loader can't handle yet
• PostCSS config type export for type-safe configs
• Dev URLs now labeled by their interfaces

https://t.co/xJR0baP0hd

[TypeScript @typescript]

Read up more on our release post: https://t.co/D7Mbq7vWpy

[NotesToSelf.Dev @NotesToSelfDev]

Testing AWS SSM SecureString parameter reads locally with Yulin

https://t.co/ZwUSzN6zTo

[Hugh Grigg | Kensio Software @KensioSoftware]

Yulin includes a simulated Cognito user pool directory for tests and local development. Pools and their app clients are held in memory, and every operation is authorised by simulated IAM.

https://t.co/92ePCRcLpC

[Hugh Grigg | Kensio Software @KensioSoftware]

Keep test state inside each test case.

If we're not careful, test setup can inadvertently develop into fixture hell. One way to mitigate that is to keep test data setup cheap and independent inside each test case.

https://t.co/7wbcFw6iSv

[NotesToSelf.Dev @NotesToSelfDev]

Testing AWS S3 presigned URLs on localhost with Yulin

https://t.co/XC90evMn7t

[htmx.org / CEO of decade old computers(same thing) @htmx_org]

from the #memes channel lol

[Node.js @nodejs]

⚠️ Node.js Security Update: Updates are now available for the 26.x, 24.x, 22.x release lines.

Details: https://t.co/brFBXTT62O

[Hugh Grigg | Kensio Software @KensioSoftware]

New AsyncMappedFactory in the kensio/part-factory library

AsyncMappedFactory covers test values that take a promise to produce, such as an entity that has to be created in a database or a client. It applies the overrides to the input defaults, then passes the completed input to a mapping function that returns a promise for the output.

https://t.co/By2AddczeX