Wes and Scott talk with Paolo Ricciuti about Svelte custom renderers and how Svelte actually talks to the DOM. They dig into compiler internals, CSS handling, native bridges, and the realities of maintaining ambitious open source tooling.

Show Notes

00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
- March MadCSS
01:44 Paolo’s role at Mainmatter and his work on Svelte custom renderers
02:52 Why Paolo chose Svelte
- Why I choose Svelte
- Shift Dev 2019: “Rethinking Reactivity”
05:16 From Svelte ambassador to working on the project
07:45 How custom renderers change what Svelte can target
10:10 How Svelte uses the DOM and why that makes custom renderers tricky
20:32 What Lynx provides and how it differs from a web view
24:18 Brought to you by Sentry.io
35:56 Using Svelte with CSS outside the browser
39:09 The timeline and current state of the Lynx app
44:51 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs

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