Svelte Radio

Svelte 5 updates, View Transition support, tragic passing of Ivan Hofer. Unpopular opinions on equipment needs, Jamstack, and WeWork woes. Personal reflections on aging, safe baby sleep practices, and sci-fi TV show reviews.

Antonio and Paolo, winners of a Svelte Hackathon, talk about building a Svelte REPL for SvelteKit. They discuss topics like web development, tech, containers, and their unpopular opinions. The episode covers picks like Diablo 4, global warming, Bluey, and lightweight e-scooters.

SponsorVercel is the platform for frontend developers, providing the speed and reliability innovators need to create at the moment of inspiration. Founded by the creators of Next.js, Vercel has zero configuration support for 35+ frontend frameworks, including SvelteKit. We enable the world’s largest brands like Under Armour, eBay, and Nintendo, to iterate faster and create quality software. Try out Vercel today to experience the easiest way to use Svelte.NOTE: RECORDED May the 4th be with you.DescriptionThis episode is special in the sense that it's not so much about Svelte in particular but for developers in general. If you haven't gone down the AI rabbit hole yet this episode is for you. Swyx gives us a crash course in what it is and how you can use it as a web developer. Enjoy!MusicIntro music by Braden Wiggins a.k.a. Fractal (braden@fractal-hq.com)Discussion topicsLatent SpaceImage Generation:MidjourneyWeights and Biaseshttps://github.com/karpathy/nn-zero-to-heroWhisperUL2JasperAIMidjourneylevelsio - https://twitter.com/levelsio11labsswyx github ainoteshttps://replit.complatform.openai.comTools for Web DevelopersCopilotCodeiumWolverineCodium: Test GenerationChatGPT Pluginshttps://github.com/Jeadie/awesome-chatgpt-pluginsAutonomy of Atonomy: https://www.latent.space/p/agentsAutoGPTBabyGPTAnthropicElicitPicksKevin:Opus ProLindy.aiKapwingSwyx:Menu Bar App for ChatGPT “ChatGPT Mac”The BatchBrittney:Night Agent

SponsorVercel is the platform for frontend developers, providing the speed and reliability innovators need to create at the moment of inspiration. Founded by the creators of Next.js, Vercel has zero configuration support for 35+ frontend frameworks, including SvelteKit. We enable the world’s largest brands like Under Armour, eBay, and Nintendo, to iterate faster and create quality software. Try out Vercel today to experience the easiest way to use Svelte.NOTE: RECORDED April 28th.DescriptionWe talk about the upcoming Svelte Summit conference and what we can expect from it! Talks, hackathon winners and other things!MusicIntro music by Braden Wiggins a.k.a. Fractal (braden@fractal-hq.com)Discussion topicsSvelte Summit TalksSafari UpdateWeb Containers UpdatePolypaneResponselytypesafe-i18nEric Brehault EpisodeDev Vlog (May 2023)XDCD ComicThis Week in SvelteSkip LinksUnpopular OpinionsAntony: The GitHub SDK is not goodBrittney: Bluesky is not the next Twitter or the better Twitter, it will push more poeple to MastodonShawn: Edge BrowserArc BrowserKevs Tip: Orion BrowserPicksBrittney: The DiplomatKev: PartyKitShawn: Marvel SnapAntony: Succession

SponsorVercel is the platform for frontend developers, providing the speed and reliability innovators need to create at the moment of inspiration. Founded by the creators of Next.js, Vercel has zero configuration support for 35+ frontend frameworks, including SvelteKit. We enable the world’s largest brands like Under Armour, eBay, and Nintendo, to iterate faster and create quality software. Try out Vercel today to experience the easiest way to use Svelte.NOTE: RECORDED April 19th.DescriptionForms in SvelteKit are already top notch. But Superforms make them even better. We talk to Andreas Söderlund, the creator of the library. Enjoy!MusicIntro music by Braden Wiggins a.k.a. Fractal (braden@fractal-hq.com)Discussion topicsHaxe: https://haxe.orgForm Actions: https://kit.svelte.dev/docs/form-actionssveltekit-superforms: https://github.com/ciscoheat/sveltekit-superformsDocumentation: https://superforms.vercel.appZod: https://github.com/colinhacks/zodTimers: https://superforms.vercel.app/concepts/timersResponse Time Discussion: https://www.nngroup.com/articles/response-times-3-important-limits/Multiple Forms: https://superforms.vercel.app/concepts/multiple-formsUnpopular OpinionsBrittney: Don’t use libraries that don’t have first class support for esm or Vite.Antony: AI is not going to steal our jobsAndreas: NPM and package managers should be more restrictive with what they allow on their registries.PicksKev: SaunaAntony: These USB-C Cable - https://amzn.to/3ophxqlAndreas: DCI - https://blog.encodeart.dev/dci-tutorial-for-typescript-part-1

SponsorVercel is the platform for frontend developers, providing the speed and reliability innovators need to create at the moment of inspiration. Founded by the creators of Next.js, Vercel has zero configuration support for 35+ frontend frameworks, including SvelteKit. We enable the world’s largest brands like Under Armour, eBay, and Nintendo, to iterate faster and create quality software. Try out Vercel today to experience the easiest way to use Svelte.NOTE: RECORDED April 13th.DescriptionThis week we sit down with Wasita and Eshin at the Cosanlab at Darthmouth to talk about how they use Svelte in their research as well as the intersection between research and web development and the possibilities that it opens up.MusicIntro music by Braden Wiggins a.k.a. Fractal (braden@fractal-hq.com)Discussion topicsGuests:Wasita:TwitterWebsiteEshin:TwitterWebsiteComputational Social Affective Neuroscience Laboratoryhttps://github.com/wasita/svelte-vid-sync-chat-app -> The "Netflix party" experiment we mentioned, written with Svelte, socket.io, firebase https://github.com/cosanlab/trust-game -> Interactive 2-player trust game experiment written in Svelte and client-synchronization powered by Firebasehttps://github.com/ejolly/create-svelte-experiment -> A starter Svelte SPA template for experiments powered by Firebasehttps://maxfarrens.github.io/continuous-rater-book/Intro.html -> An interface for collecting continuous time-series emotion ratings from people watching videoshttps://github.com/ejolly/thought_tagger -> An interface for segmenting audio-files of people's memories. Built on top of the BBC's peaks.js.https://eshinjolly.com/svelteturk/#/ -> The "missing GUI" for Amazon's Mechanical Turk labor market. An electron desktop app that helps manage data collection and administration.Unpopular OpinionsBrittney: Click bait twitterAntony: HeliumPicksKev: Cold PlungesAntony: SameEshin: Raised by WolvesWasita: BeefBrittney: Shadow and Bone (TV Show)

SponsorVercel is the platform for frontend developers, providing the speed and reliability innovators need to create at the moment of inspiration. Founded by the creators of Next.js, Vercel has zero configuration support for 35+ frontend frameworks, including SvelteKit. We enable the world’s largest brands like Under Armour, eBay, and Nintendo, to iterate faster and create quality software. Try out Vercel today to experience the easiest way to use Svelte.NOTE: RECORDED March 28th.DescriptionAlex Patterson joins us to chat about... you guessed it! Svelte at AppWrite. And Svelte in general. We chat a bit of AI as well, ChatGPT, Google Bard. All that fun new stuff!MusicIntro music by Braden Wiggins a.k.a. Fractal (braden@fractal-hq.com)Discussion topicsWho is Alex?TwitterWebsiteHow did you get into programming?DreamweaverABAP in SAPSveltePinkAppWrite ConsoleCodingcat.devAppWriteThoughts on SvelteReactive statementsChatGPTGoogle BardBlackCatUI{…$$restProps}SveldJSDocUnpopular OpinionsAlex: TailwindCSS is awesome!Antony: DX is king - if your DX sucks you slowly and reluctantly build things and don’t experiment due to effortImbaScrimbaPicksKev: YouTube Shorts on Svelte SocietyAlex: https://www.blackcatui.com/Heated DeskpadAntony: packageManager - volta - issue with global packages node version - only-allow-pnpm (doesn’t work)VoltapackageManager - https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v16.x/docs/api/packages.html#packagemanageronly-allow-pnpm - https://pnpm.io/only-allow-pnpmWhere can folks find you on the interwebs?@codercatdevappwrite discord serverCoding Cat Dev find all the podcasts

SponsorVercel is the platform for frontend developers, providing the speed and reliability innovators need to create at the moment of inspiration. Founded by the creators of Next.js, Vercel has zero configuration support for 35+ frontend frameworks, including SvelteKit. We enable the world’s largest brands like Under Armour, eBay, and Nintendo, to iterate faster and create quality software. Try out Vercel today to experience the easiest way to use Svelte.NOTE: RECORDED March 22nd.DescriptionEric from Nuclia joins us to talk about Svelte... and the history of the web! If you're a new web developer this one is a treasure trove of knowledge. We also talk about Nuclia and what they're doing. A lot of fun!MusicIntro music by Braden Wiggins a.k.a. Fractal (braden@fractal-hq.com)Discussion topicsCommunityDev Vlog StreamsTikTokSvelte Summit - CFP unfortunately is closed :( Who is Eric? What’s his background?Twitter: @ebrehault on Twitter Mastodon: @ebrehault@mastodon.tetaneutral.netGithub: github.com/ebrehaultMosaic BrowserFramesetsJSONPAJAXJQueryPlone CMSReactWhat is Nuclia? TwitterRxJSSvelteRich Harris - Rethinking ReactivityRich Harris - Transitional Web AppsSvelte Hackathon Library https://github.com/ebrehault/talk2svelteWeb Speech APIErics PloneCMS Library: https://github.com/ebrehault/abfabUnpopular OpinionsBrittney: Short content is worthlessEric: Online coding is coolPicksKevin: RubberduckingBrittney: State of Svelte: https://twitter.com/ladyleet/status/1636754269041831949?s=20Eric: Halt and catch fire https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2543312/

Topics discussed include migrating React libraries to Svelte, Svelte projects like Neo Confetti and Neo Drag, using Svelte components in React, type safety features, debates on cyclists on roads, and recommendations on TV shows and video games.

Topics include i18n challenges, Svelte 4.0 milestones, job openings at various companies, technology stack preferences, upcoming hackathon, cloud abstractions, and discussions on a video game and podcast banter.