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Apr 26, 2022 • 1h 14min
Rich Harris on Hydration and the future of SvelteKit
SponsorThis week's episode is sponsored by ExtraStatic. ExtraStatic is a hosting service for Svekyll blogs. Svekyll blogs combine the simple conventions of Jekyll with the incredible power of Svelte. Check it out at ExtraStatic.com.DescriptionRich Harris joins us for discussion on Svelte, SvelteKit, Hydration and a lot of other fun stuff. Enjoy!MusicIntro music by Braden Wiggins a.k.a. Fractal (braden@fractal-hq.com)NotesSvelte Summit Spring 2022 on April 30th!Svelte London Meetup 28thSvelte Summit Fall 2022 in Stockholm on September 8-9Stay tuned for the website!Svelte Society NYCRich's Talk and the Society tweetSvelte Radio Episode 39 on Page Endpoints and Named LayoutsSvelte Radio Episode 40 on Svelte ElementUnpopular OpinionsAntony: Nested code blocks make code hard to read!Shawn: Edge functions will reshape frontend architectureRich: Hydration is NOT pure overheadArticle mentionedFred K Schott's takeRyan Carniato's takeSebastian Markbåge's takePicksKevin: SeveranceCounterpartAntony: Houzecheck - cheapest - best service - contacted me to ask about specificsRich: Oculus Quest 2Shawn: The Svelte CommunityWeb Standards in SvelteKit docsSvelte Sirens on Landing PagesKitDocsSv-popupSvelte-splitpanesSupaCommentsSvelte Black HoleBrittney Postma's CourseMike's Svelte CourseRill Data Developer

Apr 19, 2022 • 37min
A Sudden Svelte Element Appears
SponsorThis week's episode is sponsored by ExtraStatic. ExtraStatic is a hosting service for Svekyll blogs. Svekyll blogs combine the simple conventions of Jekyll with the incredible power of Svelte. Check it out at ExtraStatic.com.DescriptionThis week we talk about the upcoming Svelte Summit events as well as the new kid on the block - svelte:elementMusicIntro music by Braden Wiggins a.k.a. Fractal (braden@fractal-hq.com)NotesSvelte Summit Spring 2022 on April 30th!Announced talks:Svelte - a shortcut to a11y? by Josefine SchaeferSvelte Native in production by Kyohei HamaguchiSign up to the email list for updatesSvelte Summit Fall 2022 on September 8-9 in StockholmOnly a few Super Early Bird tickets left!Speakers Confirmed:Rich Harris (creator of Svelte)Pete Allen (creator of MDSveX) 🐧svelte:element - you can now easily dynamically render HTML tags in Svelte.DocumentationTutorialPull Request by Yuichiro YamashitaA demo by Geoff RichRyan Atkinson showing us how much code he could saveKit is now using TurboRepoTurboRepoWhy TurboRepo by ShawnUnpopular OpinionsKevin: SaaS products are expensive and overrated, just selfhost!Antony: I should be unbanned from TwitterShawn: Redwood is viable now.PicksKevin: NextcloudKevin's second one: PurelymailAntony: Plyometric Pushups! Do 'em!Shawn: Twitter browser undo is TERRIBLE

Apr 11, 2022 • 32min
Page Endpoints and Named Layouts
SponsorThis week's episode is sponsored by ExtraStatic. ExtraStatic is a hosting service for Svekyll blogs. Svekyll blogs combine the simple conventions of Jekyll with the incredible power of Svelte. Check it out at ExtraStatic.com.DescriptionThis week Antony and Kevin discuss the latest additions to SvelteKit; Page Endpoints, Named Layouts and Parameter Matching.MusicIntro music by Braden Wiggins a.k.a. Fractal (braden@fractal-hq.com)NotesPage EndpointsNamed LayoutsAdvanced Routing: Pattern matchingUnpopular OpinionsKevin: AWS is a proper headachePicksAntony: Depushang DT8Kev: Human Interaction at offices

Apr 8, 2022 • 52min
SvelteKit in Production with Domenik Reitzner
SponsorThis week's episode is sponsored by ExtraStatic. ExtraStatic is a hosting service for Svekyll blogs. Svekyll blogs combine the simple conventions of Jekyll with the incredible power of Svelte. Check it out at ExtraStatic.com.DescriptionThis week we talk with Domenik Reitzner about a project they've built and launched using SvelteKit.MusicIntro music by Braden Wiggins a.k.a. Fractal (braden@fractal-hq.com)NotesBilla ServiceSvackagesHow to build a preorder service with SvelteKit in 8 weeks at the We Are Developers ConferenceDecathlon UKUnpopular OpinionsAntony: If your product is shoddy and full of bugs, your support staff should know what they’re doing, if your product is good and well maintained, then you can afford to have incompetent support staff.Swyx: Github Issues is an amazing CMS! ExampleDomenik: Use the tool that is right for the job!PicksAntony: Pinebook Pro!Kev: DSLR as a webcamSwyx: https://2021.stateofjs.com/en-US/Domenik: Regex search and replace in VSCode. Also: https://regexlearn.com/

Jan 20, 2022 • 1h 7min
Chris Toomey talks Svelte, Rails and Banking
SponsorThis week's episode is sponsored by ExtraStatic. ExtraStatic is a hosting service for Svekyll blogs. Svekyll blogs combine the simple conventions of Jekyll with the incredible power of Svelte. Check it out at ExtraStatic.com.DescriptionWe talk with Chris Toomey of the Bike Shed podcast about him and is teams bet on Svelte at Sagewell FinancialMusicIntro music by Braden Wiggins a.k.a. Fractal (braden@fractal-hq.com)NotesSagewell FinancialStyle DirectiveConst BlockShawns IE11 ArticleInertiajsTemporal and SidekiqUnpopular OpinionsAntony: Wordle can either use a .co.uk domain or use us-english words, not both!Kev: SQLite is amazingScaling SQLite to 4m QPS on a Single ServerA future for SQL on the webHosting SQLite databases on Github PagesAnsiwave BBSSwyx: Brian Holt's unpopular opinion - React Hooks don't scaleChris: Developers shouldn’t call themselves “Framework X developer” but rather “Web Developer”PicksKev: Camo - using your iPhone as a webcamAntony: Stath lets flatsSwyx: Obsidian and swyx's second brainChris: Cleanshot X

Jan 13, 2022 • 1h 6min
New Year, New Svelte!?
DescriptionAfter a short hiatus we're back! We talk about Svelte Summit, Svelte Sirens and lots of other fun stuff!MusicIntro music by Braden Wiggins a.k.a. Fractal (braden@fractal-hq.com)NotesSvelte SummitYouTube PlaylistMini EditionStockholm EditionLondon EditionSvelte Compiler re-written in Rust?Rich’s interview with VercelArticle on the subjectRich Harris on JSPartySvelte is a rising starSimon's end-of-year recap of Svelte Language ToolsSearch and Delete Svelte REPLsSvemixSvelte Cubed and ExpanseWhat's new in Svelte: JanuaryWhitespace PRSvelte Dublin needs adoptingSvelte Portugal signing people upSvelte Sirens EventsUnpopular opinionsAntony: NFTs - provenance on the blockchain, apesKev: Safari is actually the best browserShawn: Monorepos will be a hot trend this yearPicksKev: Fat Washing https://www.seriouseats.com/science-fat-washing-spirits-cocktails-how-fatwashing-worksAntony - Oculusswyx: iphone 13 pro max

Nov 12, 2021 • 1h 9min
Rich Harris is now working full-time on Svelte 🤯
We sit down with Rich Harris to talk about his new job, leaving The New York Times and what the future of Svelte looks like. Enjoy!DescriptionRemembering some New York Times storiesThe Follower FactoryThe Surveillance Economy Corona TrackerOlympics GraphicsJoining Vercel to work full time on SvelteSvelte Summit Watch PartiesNew YorkMainz, GermanyMusic by Fractal (He also made the intro to Svelte Radio 🧡)Svelte Summit Summer EditionSign up to get updatesUnpopular OpinionAntony: Docks are pointless!Gnome3Shawn: Pre commit hooks are goodRich: There are too many programmer podcastsBrian LeRouxPicksKevin: The new Macbook Pro is amazingROI CalculatorAntony: https://handshake.org/ - free cryptocurrency if you have enough github followersShawn: codingfont.com Azeret ProRich Harris: Soup in general

Oct 18, 2021 • 40min
Svelte Summit is coming up and Svelte is growing!
We talk about the recently released Svelte Summit website and a bunch of other fun stuff!Show NotesWork at Beyonk!What's new in Svelte: SeptemberWhat's new in Svelte: OctoberNew Svelte Summit websiteDesign by Johan Ronsse (Wolfr_2 on Twitter)SvelteKit is awesome.CSS is awesome.Email form enhancement actionDCI-P3 is just... WOW!WebKit and Safari supportHacks for other browsersSvelte Summit CFPs (last day 30th October!)Svelte Summit sponsor opportunitiesMeetups starting back up!Svelte Society StockholmUnpopular OpinionsShawn: No seed oilsKevin: Regular old CSS is king 👑PicksAntony: Lumen Couture LED Face Changing MaskShawn: How to Be Miserable For the Rest of Your LifeKevin: Swedish Cinnamon Buns

Sep 23, 2021 • 1h 2min
Routify 3 with Jake and Willow
We sit down and talk with Jake and Willow and talk about the just-released Routify 3.NotesRoutify and their Discord serverVersion 3Stackmix: A Template Generator for RoutifySpaSSR: A small express server with SSRSpank: Slap the pages out of an SPAToSSR: Universal SPA to SSRConfigent: No Fuss ConfiguratorMeteor: Open-source Framework for Building ApplicationsMeatier: Like Meteor but MeatierUnpopular OpinionsAntony: Saas pricing suckSSO tech shame siteShawn: We will want Svelte to stop growing at some pointBikeshed podcasthttps://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2021#section-most-loved-dreaded-and-wanted-web-frameworkshttps://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2021#most-popular-technologies-webframeJake: Filing bug reports and getting asked "Why did you do it like this??PicksAntony: Gohire.ioShawn: SupabaseSpotify Native client: PsstKevin: Muji Linen clothesJake: Clickup.comhttps://codestory.co/podcast/e3-alex-yurkowski-clickup/Willow: Grid LayoutItComplete CSS GridGrid Critters

Sep 17, 2021 • 53min
Contributing to Svelte with Martin 'Grygrflzr' Krisnanto Putra
Today we talk with Grygrflzr about his journey to becoming a maintainer and his views on React, Vite and a host of other things. Enjoy!Notes:Svelte is the most loved frameworkScott Tolinski: 5 Things I like about SvelteScott Tolinski: 5 More things I like about SvelteDev environment issueUnpopular Opinions:Shawn:Social media > SEO > Social mediaEmpty StatesPicksAntony: Swoon Editions FurnitureKevin: Warp TerminalShawn: Spider Man Miles MoralesMartin: Picking monitors is hard.
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