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X/Y targeting. Surgical. Sub-frame re-render.
There's a lot more that goes into this. Pretty exciting work.

JIT Diff: find diff && delta, update delta

Frame N      Frame N+1
---------    ---------

? Name       ? Name     <- same
> hell       > hello    <- delta

Only line 2 redraws

done before refresh

PROBABILITY

P(flicker) = gap / 16ms

   0ms =  0%
   1ms =  6%
   8ms = 48%
  16ms = 96%

THE TECHNIQUE

Standard: clear all, redraw all

CRTs synced to it
Standard won globally

FRAME BUDGET

30Hz = 33ms
60Hz = 16ms  <-- standard
120Hz =  8ms

THE FLICKER PROBLEM

BAD:
ERASE-----gap-----WRITE
0ms      10ms     20ms
            ^
       refresh here = BLANK

GOOD:
ERASE+WRITE
0ms   2ms
         ^

You have 16ms. Funny how my electrical engineering degree is coming in play here. 60 FPS = 60 Hz (get it?).                                        

THE TIMELINE

0ms     16ms    32ms
|      |        |
[F1]   [F2]    [F3][...]

Miss the window = flicker

WHY 60?

US power = 60Hz

1 second = 1000ms                                                                                                                     
1000ms / 60 FPS = 16.67ms

THE MATH

I'm building a JIT Differential Rendering engine for a new TUI framework that'll power Command Code.

you have exactly 16ms before your eyes detect the flicker. Instead of clear→redraw, we diff X/Y coordinates and surgically update only changed lines.

Result: sub-frame updates, zero flicker

Every test suite eventually categorizes tests: "skip this in CI," "this one is flaky," "that one needs more time." and so on.

Vitest 4.1 (in beta right now) introduces Test Tags: You can now define these categories globally, attach config or behavior and eventually filter what runs.

#ZedEditor

SSH remoting now supports Windows as a target platform.

You’re right to call that out. That ‘up to 24 hours’ message is misleading and not typical. We’ve flagged it internally and are updating the copy. If you’re still stuck, drop a support ticket number so we can route it.

5/ Oxlint

◆ Was not in the shortlist due to being new but...
◆ #3 most mentioned write-in
◆ Growing fast without being a survey default

Oxlint has a growing amount of users and is the fastest linting tool out there.

4/ Rolldown

◆ #2 in overall interest (right behind Vitest)
◆ 94% satisfaction from existing adopters
◆ #7 tool that participants want to read more about

Impressive for a bundler that was mostly in beta over the last year!

3/ Vitest

◆ Most adopted technology in the JS ecosystem
◆ #2 in satisfaction overall (right behind Vite)
◆ Interest is continuously growing since 2022
◆ Users praise ESM-first design, browser mode, and DX

Vitest is the default for modern testing.

2/ Vite

◆ Highest overall satisfaction (98%)
◆ Vite 8 with Rolldown is anticipated
◆ Participants are looking forward to Full Bundle Dev Mode

Vite is the go-to build tool for modern web development.