Standard-driven API mocking

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MSW 2.0 moves API mocking onto web standards: it replaces custom handler APIs with the platform's Request/Response and leverages the service worker API for interception, unifying browser and Node (fetch, streams, headers). The rewrite throws away thousands of lines, fixes long compatibility workarounds, and keeps MSW as a reusable network layer. Adoption is concrete: more than 100,000 stars on GitHub and about 3 million weekly npm downloads, and the new API simply works with existing fetch semantics.

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1. 0:00API mocking introduction
2. 2:29Service Worker interception
3. 5:59MSW and web standards
4. 8:50Node.js 18 Fetch API
5. 12:40Real-world impact
6. 15:28Conclusion

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