Next in Dev

Nick Vogel

Next in Dev is a show about all things modern web development and the tech industry. Each episode covers trending topics like AI coding assistants, JavaScript frameworks, cloud infrastructure, and the latest news shaping how we build for the web. From React and Next.js to DevOps, open source drama, and big tech decisions that affect developers everywhere. Nothing is off the table. The show also dives into concepts like web accessibility, performance optimization, developer experience, and the tools and platforms changing the way teams ship software. Whether it's a hot take on the latest framework wars, a breakdown of industry acquisitions, or a look at how AI is reshaping the developer workflow, Next in Dev gives you the context and commentary you need to actually understand what's going on. There's always something happening in modern web dev, and staying informed shouldn't feel like a chore. The goal of this show is to keep you up to date in an easy-to-digest format with a little personality along the way. I hope you enjoy it!

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Updated April 10

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April 10 · 7 min
the model too dangerous to release
Anthropic announced an unreleased AI model called Claude Mythos Preview that has found thousands of zero-day vulnerabilities in every major operating system and web browser. They say it's too dangerous to release. Meanwhile, Anthropic lost a key court ruling in its ongoing fight with the Pentagon over military AI guardrails. Also this week: Cursor 3.0 brings parallel agents and design mode, Next.js ships a critical security patch (with some irony attached), TanStack introduces code mode for composable tool execution, Payload 3.82 lands with new hooks and drag-and-drop components, plus updates from shadcn, Figma, Claude Code, and Railway. Next in Dev is a weekly newsletter and podcast covering modern web development. Subscribe at nlvcodes.com or wherever you listen to podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
April 3 · 6 min
The "safe" AI company leaked its code
Anthropic accidentally leaked the entire Claude Code source code through an NPM packaging error. Plus Railway's new CDN leaked authenticated user sessions, Google launched a Gemini switching tool and Gemma 3 under Apache 2.0, Cloudflare announced a TypeScript CMS they're calling a WordPress successor (on April 1st), and Payload shipped an LLM evaluation suite. 0:00 Intro 0:26 Anthropic leaked Claude Code's source code 1:45 Railway's CDN leaked authenticated sessions 2:28 Google's Gemini switching tool 3:02 Google Gemma 3 goes Apache 2.0 3:30 Cloudflare's WordPress successor 4:20 Payload 3.81 LLM evaluation suite 4:47 Claude Code updates (7 releases) 5:16 Figma Make Kits & Make Attachments 5:42 Astro 6.1 5:49 TanStack Router signal graph 6:02 Outro Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
March 27 · 11 min
OpenAI Killed Sora
OpenAI published a safety blog for Sora, then killed the entire product the next day and rug pulling Disney's $1B partnership in the process. Plus, Cursor got caught hiding that Composer 2 is built on an open source Chinese model, a federal judge called out the Pentagon's Anthropic ban, GitHub is opting you into AI training data, and Next.js finally addressed its biggest criticism with the new Adapter API. 0:00 OpenAI kills Sora 2:04 The real reason OpenAI is pivoting 2:31 Cursor's transparency problem 3:23 Open source attribution matters 4:19 Pentagon vs Anthropic, Part ??? 5:58 GitHub trains on your code now 7:13 Next.js Adapter API changes everything 8:50 Figma opens canvas to AI agents 9:35 Rapid fire: Payload, WebStorm, TanStack, Claude Code, Railway Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
March 13 · 11 min
Anthropic is suing the government
Anthropic is suing the US government after being labeled a "supply chain risk," AI found 22 high-severity Firefox bugs in just two weeks, Astro 6 dropped with a completely rebuilt dev server, and there's major tooling news across Cloudflare, shadcn, Cursor, Figma, and more. This week in web development and AI news: the Anthropic lawsuit against the Trump administration, Claude's automated security scanning on the Firefox codebase, OpenAI acquiring Promptfoo, Apple Music AI transparency tags, Astro 6's new Vite Environment API and Cloudflare adapter, shadcn CLI v4 with AI agent skills, Cloudflare's new Browser Rendering crawl endpoint, Cursor plugins, Figma MCP updates, Claude Code releases, Next.js 16.2 canary progress, Railway, and Dokploy updates. 0:00 Intro 0:24 Anthropic sues the government 2:07 Claude finds 22 Firefox bugs 3:25 The Anthropic Institute 4:16 OpenAI acquires Promptfoo 5:08 Apple Music AI transparency tags 6:37 Astro 6 7:49 Cloudflare Browser Rendering API 8:15 shadcn CLI v4 8:52 Cursor plugins 9:11 Figma updates 9:44 Claude Code, Next.js, Railway, Dokploy 10:59 Outro Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
March 1 · 9 min
OpenAI's Principles Lasted Exactly 24 Hours
Sam Altman told CNBC he shares Anthropic's safety principles. Less than 24 hours later, OpenAI signed a government contract without those principles and posted about it like a win. Here's why that matters if you build with AI. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
February 27 · 8 min
Vercel called it "vibe-coded"
Vercel's CEO called Cloudflare's new Next.js reimplementation "vibe-coded," and I have thoughts. Plus Cursor agents now get their own virtual machines, ChatGPT is serving ads on the first prompt, and Anthropic drops version 3 of its Responsible Scaling Policy. This is Next in Dev. It's a weekly roundup of everything happening in web development, AI tooling, and the platforms developers actually use. https://nlvcodes.com 0:00 - Introduction 0:22 - Cloudflare rebuilt Next.js in a week 1:45 - Vercel's response (glass houses) 2:37 - Cloudflare's 6-hour outage 3:06 - Figma Make connectors 3:26 - Next.js 16.2.0 canary roundup 4:10 - Cursor agents get virtual machines 4:56 - ChatGPT ads on first prompt 5:12 - Anthropic Responsible Scaling Policy v3 6:04 - Railway DDoS protection + domains 7:15 - Claude Code auto-memory + updates 8:09 - Closing Thoughts Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
February 20 · 8 min
Anthropic vs the Pentagon
Anthropic's Pentagon contract is on the rocks, Figma now connects directly to Claude Code, and Tailwind CSS finally ships v4.2.0 after months of silence. Plus Payload CMS v3.77, Perplexity dropping ads, Cursor's new plugin marketplace, and more from the modern web dev world. This is Next in Dev, a weekly roundup of everything happening in web development, AI tooling, and the platforms developers actually use. 0:00 - What's Coming Up 0:13 - Payload CMS v3.77 1:27 - Figma + Claude Code 2:17 - Next.js canary updates 2:49 - Dokploy 3:23 - Tailwind CSS v4.2.0 4:01 - Perplexity drops ads 4:31 - OpenClaw founder joins OpenAI 4:46 - Cursor 2.5 plugin marketplace 5:19 - Anthropic vs the Pentagon 5:52 - Claude Sonnet 4.6 6:18 - Anthropic & Infosys 6:39 - Claude Code updates 7:17 - Gemini AI music generation 7:50 - Railway updates 8:18 - Final Thoughts and Next Steps Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
February 13 · 12 min
Security Patches, AI Ads & Infrastructure Changes You Need to Know
This week in web development: Payload patches critical SQL injection vulnerabilities affecting Drizzle-based database adapters, Next.js ships 10 canary releases focused on Turbopack infrastructure and server-side HMR, and Anthropic commits to covering electricity cost increases caused by their AI data centers. Payload issued critical security patches for SQL injection vulnerabilities in version 3.73 and 3.74. This affects Drizzle-based adapters with JSON/rich text fields with read access set to anything but false in Postgres/SQLite with serial IDs. OpenAI is beginning to test ads in ChatGPT's free and Go tiers. Cursor released Composer 1.5 with 20x more reinforcement learning than v1, and Railway launches one-click Cloudflare DNS integration plus horizontal scaling without deployment cycles.0:00 Payload CMS Security Patches1:17 Payload v3.7.6 Release1:47 Shadcn/ui Blocks Update2:00 Next.js Canary Releases3:15 Cloudflare Markdown for Agents4:32 AWS Infrastructure Updates5:39 Dokploy v0.27 Stability Release6:12 OpenAI Ad Testing in ChatGPT6:49 Cursor Composer 1.57:55 Anthropic Nonprofit Access & Energy Commitment9:24 Claude Code Updates10:03 Google Gemini 3 Deep Think10:37 Railway Deployment Improvements12:00 Closing Thoughts Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
February 6 · 10 min
Claude Opus 4.6 is HERE and more news
In this episode of Next in Dev, I cut through the noise of the latest AI agent arms race to find what actually matters. - Anthropic releases Claude Opus 4.6 - OpenAI counters with the GPT-5.3 Codex and a dedicated macOS app - Payload 3.74/3.75 - shadcn’s new first-class RTL support Payload's skill live: https://youtube.com/live/3UDiLVe0PFA 00:00 Payload CMS 3.74 & 3.75: 02:00 Figma news 02:50 Shadcn news 03:27 Next.js news 03:54 Cloudflare news 04:34 The OpenClaw Experiment: A Security Nightmare? 05:15 OpenAI news 06:29 Anthropic’s Ad-Free Promise 07:11 Claude Opus 4.6 08:07 Claude Code & Xcode 08:36 Gemini’s Ad Strategy 09:10 Railway Postgres Metrics & Flow Visualizer 09:55 Closing Thoughts Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
January 30 · 8 min
GPT-4 is being put out to pasture and more news
Payload 3.73 is here with Next.js 16 support, SQLite performance upgrades, and a new migration command for relational databases. We also dive into the latest Next.js security patches, Figma’s new glass effects, and Cursor’s sub-agent architecture for faster execution. Plus, all the latest news about the AI that matters. Chapters: 00:00 Payload News 02:13 Figma News 02:47 Shadcn News 03:08 Next.js News 03:42 OpenAI News 04:19 Cursor News 05:27 Anthropic News 05:50 Claude Code News 06:17 Gemini News 06:53 Railway News 07:23 Astro News 07:51 Closing Thoughts Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
January 23 · 8 min
Claude has a new constitution and more web dev news
Payload 3.72, Next.js 16, and Claude Code updates headline this week’s breakdown of essential web development news and security vulnerabilities. We explore Payload's new experimental per-locale publishing and the addition of depth parameters to MCP tools. On the performance side, Next.js continues its relentless focus on Turbopack and memory management. The industry is also grappling with significant security scares: a two-character filtering error that nearly compromised the AWS console and a Cloudflare firewall bug related to certificate renewal. Meanwhile, OpenAI introduces the ChatGPT Go plan at $8 USD/month, powered by GPT 5.2 instant, while pivoting toward an ad-supported model for free users. Finally, we compare the latest CLI enhancements from Cursor and Claude Code, and look at Railway’s intuitive CLI overhaul. Live stream mentioned: https://youtube.com/live/dDYkQ-fXJvw Chapters: 00:00 - Payload News 00:50 - Shadcn News 01:12 - Next.js News 01:35 - Cloudflare News 02:01 - AWS News 02:26 - OpenAI News 03:22 - Cursor News 04:13 - Anthropic News 05:26 - Claude Code News 06:28 - Railway News 07:26 - Closing Thoughts and Next Steps Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
January 2 · 15 min
2026 Bold Prediction
In this video, I’m sharing my 2026 bold predictions for the web development ecosystem and some major personal updates for the channel. We'll discuss the potential future of Payload CMS, the ever-changing AI landscape, and the rising challenges of cloud infrastructure complexity. Here’s what I cover: - My potential expansion into content beyond Payload CMS. I’m looking at TanStack, Astro, and general coding advice. - Why I believe Payload will remain open source and how it will eventually power fully AI-generated sites in Figma. - My thoughts on why copyright lawsuits and plagiarism accountability might finally slow down the current AI hype cycle. - Why we should expect more internet outages in 2026 due to increasing system complexity and unvetted AI tools. - Why Next.js will maintain its industry dominance throughout 2026, despite strong new competition. Chapters: 00:00 - Introducing My Bold Predictions 00:26 - What will 2026 look like for me and my channel? 06:55 - My 2026 Predictions for Payload CMS 09:58 - My 2026 Predictions for Figma 11:17 - My 2026 Predictions for AI 13:03 - My 2026 Predictions for Internet Outages 13:55 - My 2026 Prediction for TanStack 14:32 - Closing Thoughts Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 26, 2025 · 8 min
Cloudflare vows to stop breaking the internet and more news
This episode of Next in Dev covers the release of Payload CMS 3.69 and its new modular dashboards, the "Code Orange" resiliency push at Cloudflare, and JetBrains finally allowing developers to bring your own keys for AI features. I also dive into the holiday internet outage on December 24th, the latest legal battles between authors and AI companies like xAI, and Google's new Gemini integrations with NotebookLM. ⁠Get early access to videos and more exclusive perks ⁠⁠Subscribe to my newsletter⁠ 00:00 - Payload CMS News 01:25 - Next.js News 01:51 - Cloudflare News 02:24 - AWS News 02:47 - AI News 03:46 - OpenAI News 04:46 - Cursor News 05:09 - Gemini News 05:43 - Railway News 07:15 - JetBrains News 07:42 - Closing Thoughts and Next Steps Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 19, 2025 · 7 min
Payload CMS BREAKING Update & Next.js 16.1 is HERE! And more news.
This episode of Next in Dev breaks down the rapid-fire Payload CMS security patches, the official release of Next.js 16.1.0, and OpenAI’s massive infrastructure and coding news. Payload CMS released versions 3.68.3 through 3.68.5 to address critical security vulnerabilities, mandating a minimum of Next.js 15.4.10 for all projects. This week also marked the official launch of Next.js 16.1, which stabilizes Turbopack for near-instant server restarts and introduces a built-in Bundle Analyzer to help you hunt down bloated dependencies. Meanwhile, the AI landscape continues to shift as OpenAI targets the enterprise with GPT-5.2-Codex and a massive $10 billion Amazon partnership, while shadcn/ui introduces a new CLI standard to help developers move beyond generic Tailwind designs. 00:00 - Payload CMS News 01:04 - Shadcn News 01:29 - Next.js News 02:12 - OpenAI News 04:19 - Anthropic News 04:54 - Thoughts on Cursor Migrating From a CMS 05:20 - Railway News 07:02 - Closing Thoughts and Next Step Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 12, 2025 · 7 min
Sora Gets Star Wars, Fleet IDE Is Done, and Cloudflare Outage
Welcome to Next In Dev! This episode covers major updates across the web dev ecosystem, including new Payload CMS versions, another Cloudflare outage, and massive AI news from Disney and Anthropic.We dive into the new features and bug fixes in Payload CMS v3.67 and v3.68, focusing on new ways to save query presets with groupBy, the breaking changes to e-commerce guest carts, and early Turbo Pack support for Next.js 16 compatibility. There's also a new vulnerability in Next.js. Be sure to update your version to a patched version. Chapters: 00:00 - Payload CMS News 01:43 - Figma News 02:13 - Next.js News 02:29 - Cloudflare News 03:07 - OpenAI News 03:31 - Cursor News 04:03 - Anthropic News 04:49 - Railway News 05:31 - JetBrains News 06:28 - Closing Thoughts and Next Steps Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 14, 2025 · 5 min
A dumber ChatGPT
In this episode, I cover the latest updates in modern web dev, including new Payload CMS releases. I also touch on Figma’s new Bengaluru office, and break down the Next.js 16.0.3 stability improvements. I also talk about OpenAI’s GPT-5.1 rollout, recent legal pressure on the company, and Railway’s new real-time notifications, template improvements, and RBAC updates. Contact: nick@nlvogel.com Course pre-launch: https://courses.nlvcodes.com/l/payload-cms-basics Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 7, 2025 · 3 min
Slow news week and Railway magic
What’s up, everyone? Welcome to Next in Dev. In this issue, I cover a small change to Payload CMS, some AI fluff, and more Railway magic. Prefer to read your web dev news? Subscribe to my newsletter: https://news.nlvcodes.com/ Contact at nick@nlvogel.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 31, 2025 · 4 min
Magic Configuration
What’s up, everyone? Welcome to Next in Dev. In this episode, I’ll discuss exciting new updates from Payload and Railway and more. Prefer to read your web dev news? Subscribe to my newsletter: https://news.nlvcodes.com/ Resources mentioned: MCP plugin live stream Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 29, 2025 · 7 min
The UNPOPULAR Opinion That Helps Users
Dark mode vs. light mode isn’t just a vibe, it’s accessibility. In this episode of Next in Dev, I explain when dark mode helps and when light mode is the better choice. I also share why I record in light mode and how I design for both experiences using Tailwind’s dark: utilities and prefers-contrast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 22, 2025 · 13 min
ChatGPT 5 Flops and More Web Dev News You Missed
Weekly dev roundup: Next.js 15.5 cache changes, Turbopack/PPR updates, GPT-5 reality check, Payload 3.51–3.52, Figma AI tools, Tailwind fixes, Vercel runtime cache + Node 18 deprecation, Cursor & Railway news. I also cover Claude Sonnet 4’s 1M-token context, v0.app, and BotID. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.