Pulumi 0.17 introduces significant simplifications to handling Outputs, a key feature that allows cloud developers to track and transform the values of one resource when creating another. Outputs, which previously required verbose and complex code with the .apply function similar to promises in JavaScript, are now more intuitive and easier to write, thanks to JavaScript Proxies and TypeScript's advanced type system. This update maintains the integrity of dependency tracking and type safety while improving code readability and user experience. The changes eliminate the need for callbacks and enhance the simplicity of writing idiomatic JavaScript/TypeScript code, ensuring that all dependency information is preserved. Pulumi's enhancements demonstrate advanced techniques that can benefit both JavaScript and TypeScript developers by leveraging the flexibility of JavaScript Proxies and TypeScript's type system to improve coding practices in cloud infrastructure development.