Latest VS Code update introduces prepackaged bundles of chat customizations that can include skills, commands, agents, MCP servers, and hooks.

Barrel files are convenient, but they often come with trade-offs including: Performance and memory: they artificially inflate the module graph and slow down startup times, HMR, and CI pipelines.

The proposed WebAssembly Component Model would improve web integration and elevate Wasm from “second-class language” status, says Mozilla developer.