Vercel Labs released scriptc, an experimental TypeScript-to-binary compiler that eliminates runtime dependency, producing tiny binaries (170KB) with 2.4ms startup and 1-4MB RAM footprint. The tool compiles core TypeScript and Node.js APIs natively, but external libraries require --dynamic mode (embedding quickjs-ng runtime, increasing size to 620KB). While notable for developer tooling, this remains a lab project and adoption depends on library ecosystem support.