Your Code Checks Now Run in Under a Second

Something your developers will notice immediately

Every time your team pushes code, a set of automated checks runs in the background — making sure nothing is broken or inconsistent before it reaches your product. That process has a name: linting. And for years, a tool called ESLint has been the default way to do it.

The problem is that ESLint can be slow. On a large project, those checks can take 30 to 60 seconds every single time. Multiply that across a busy team running checks dozens of times a day, and you're burning real money on cloud computing time — what developers call CI minutes.

A new tool called Oxlint just became the default in Vite 8 (one of the most popular ways to build modern web apps). It does the same job as ESLint but completes in under a second. Not a little faster — 50 to 100 times faster.

The people behind it include the creator of Vite and Cloudflare, so this isn't a weekend experiment. It's already production-ready, and — crucially — teams don't have to throw away their existing setup to try it. It's designed to work alongside what they already have.

If your team runs regular code checks, ask them whether they're using Oxlint yet. The answer might save you a noticeable chunk of your monthly cloud bill.

Words worth knowing

Linting — An automatic spell-check for code. It catches small errors and style issues before they cause bigger problems.

CI minutes — The computing time your cloud provider charges you for running automated checks every time your team updates the code.

Vite — A popular tool used to build modern websites and apps. Think of it as the scaffolding your dev team works inside every day.

Drop-in — A replacement that slots into your existing setup without requiring you to rebuild everything from scratch.