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Ken Kunz
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creating software for humans 👨‍💻
@svelte.dev ambassador | svelte chicago co-organizer 🌃
purveyor of high-concept mischief 🎭
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Ken Kunz @kenthropic.com · 19d
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rich-harris.dev rich harris @rich-harris.dev · 20d
awed by the svelte community's creativity. no-one does high-concept mischief quite like @kenthropic.com
svelte.dev Svelte @svelte.dev · 20d
day 10: @kenthropic.com shows us how to make our unrefined code presentable to society, with `class`

docs: svelte.dev/docs/svelte/...
Reposted by Ken Kunz
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☕️Svelte meetup in Barcelona next week!
🎄Mon Dec 22 🗓️

@sveltesociety.dev
guild.host/svelte-barcelona
Svelte Society – Barcelona | Guild
Building the Svelte community in & around Barcelona
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December 16, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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rich-harris.dev rich harris @rich-harris.dev · 20d
awed by the svelte community's creativity. no-one does high-concept mischief quite like @kenthropic.com
svelte.dev Svelte @svelte.dev · 20d
day 10: @kenthropic.com shows us how to make our unrefined code presentable to society, with `class`

docs: svelte.dev/docs/svelte/...
December 10, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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This will be a sign unto you. A bearded prophet, wandering among the deer and the lambs, bringing tidings of great joy, which will be for all the people – all who are willing to venture forth. And suddenly, there was with the prophet a quintet of angels… youtube.com/shorts/Wu3kc...
#svelte #jsjesus
Bearded prophet Rich Harris wandering among the animals, bringing tidings of async components.
December 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Day 5 of Advent of Svelte 🎄

Boundaries help your app (and family) stay sane during the holiday season. youtu.be/Fhno5Ln1CwI?...
Advent of Svelte 2025 - Day 5: svelte:boundary
YouTube video by Svelte Society
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December 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Great, now everyone in the blue svelte sky knows about my "Low-Bar Lightning Talk™" 🤣

Good reminder for Svelte Chicago folks – see you in 2 hours!
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fubits.dev Ilja @fubits.dev · Nov 18
The Svelte Berlin meetup (2025-12-09) is now part of the Svelte Society Guild (thanks to @kevinak.se 🙏)

So
- either sign-up via the Guild: guild.host/events/svelt...
- or use email via our website: svelte-berlin.de
November 18, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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Things you can count on in November in Chicago (from worst to best): leaf cleanup in the dark at 4:30p, finding a random Jackson in the coat you haven't worn since March, and a Movember email from Virgil 👨🏻. Worthy cause!
us.movember.com/mospace/1316...
Virgil Bistriceanu's Mo Space
Virgil's Motivation: Put this old moustache to work for the benefit of men’s health.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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🎉 Last Svelte Chicago meetup of 2025 – Nov 18th at PartySlate!

Cleveland Pitts presents: Building Culturally Grounded AI with SvelteKit – The Harold Washington Ancestral Algorithm.

Join us for pizza, drinks, and great conversations with the Chicago Svelte community 🍕
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Svelte Chicago meetup flyer: November 18th, 5:30pm CT. Features talk on Building Culturally Grounded AI with SvelteKit. Chicago skyline at sunset background. Speaker presenting at Svelte Chicago meetup in modern office space. Attendees at conference tables with pizza, watching presentation on screen. Group photo of Svelte Chicago meetup attendees around conference table with laptops and pizza. About 10 developers smiling at camera.
November 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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fubits.dev
I know it already made its rounds on Reddit and HN but from all the products / brands adopting Svelte, llama.cpp migrating the WebUI from React to SvelteKit is like the ultimate testimonial github.com/ggml-org/lla...
SvelteKit-based WebUI by allozaur · Pull Request #14839 · ggml-org/llama.cpp
Overview This PR introduces a complete rewrite of the llama.cpp web interface, migrating from a React-based implementation to a modern SvelteKit architecture. The new implementation provides signif...
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November 9, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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While the Svelte community was buzzing about Apple's App Store leak, here's the real gem: llama.cpp's new official WebUI – built with Svelte/SvelteKit! Run any of 150k+ GGUF models with a gorgeous interface. Fully local, fully open source 🚀 #Svelte #SvelteKit #LlamaCpp 👇
github.com/ggml-org/lla...
llama.cpp WebUI interface showing chat window with Qwen3 VL 30B model loaded, displaying clean minimal design with text input, file attachments, and voice input support
November 5, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Am I the only one who found the options to this question confusing? None of these is consistent with the TS39 "Type Annotations" (aka "Types as Comments") proposal. Erasable types should be _ignored_ (like comments) at runtime.

Also… please take the survey! 🚀

#JavaScript #TypeScript #StateOfJS
Screenshot of State of JavaScript Survey question regarding types: How would you like to see types implemented natively in JavaScript? • Runtime types: Types that are parsed at runtime by the browser. • Type annotations: Compiler-level TypeScript-like type annotations that get stripped during bundling. • JSDoc-like types: JSDoc-like types written as code comments. • I would not like to see them implemented • Other…
November 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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🎉 Just 3 days away! Join us Tuesday (Oct 28) at Svelte Chicago! RSVP 👇

🎤 @mikerourke.bsky.social will show how to build accessible Svelte apps – covering roving tabindex, focus traps & more.

Thanks to @8thlight.bsky.social for hosting & @storyblok.com for sponsoring! 🙌

#Svelte #A11y #ChicagoTech
Svelte Chicago - October 2025 | Guild
Oct 28th 5:30PM: Come hang out with us at Svelte Chicago! Interested in Svelte? Join us for pizza, beverages, and networking at the 8th Li
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October 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Had a blast hanging with Kev and the gang! We hit all the expected topics: baby goats, authoritarianism, rock climbing… and of course: Macrodata Refinement, finite state machines, Rethinking Reactivity, and Svelte > React. Give it a listen! #svelte
sveltesociety.dev Svelte Society @sveltesociety.dev · Oct 23
🎙️ Just published a new episode of Svelte Radio: Macrodata Refinement with Ken Kunz. Have a listen:
Macrodata Refinement with Ken Kunz
In this episode of Svelte Radio, Ken Kunz joins the hosts to discuss his...
www.svelteradio.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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I hereby nerd-snipe @evbogue.com to create the Svelte hscrpt preprocessor. #svelte #chicago #hscrpt
Example Svelte component using hscrpt preprocessor syntax
September 30, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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⏰ Just 4 days until Svelte Chicago! Tuesday 5:30pm. Whether you're debugging something tricky or building something cool – or just want to meet other Svelte devs – we've got you covered. See you at 8th Light! guild.host/events/svelt...
#svelte #chicago #javascript
Svelte Chicago September 2025 meetup promotional image with Chicago skyline at sunset. Event details show September 30th at 5:30pm CT, hosted at 8th Light at 25 E Washington St. Format includes Show & Tell and Svelte Q&A. Sponsored by Storyblok. Photo credit: Max Bender on Unsplash.
September 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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🌠 Excited to see Svelte Chicago gaining momentum! From "Svelte-curious" to "Svelte-master" or just "free pizza and hanging with fellow nerds" … come join us next Tuesday! 👇
sveltesociety.dev Svelte Society @sveltesociety.dev · Sep 20
🏙️ Svelte Chicago is back! Our second meetup is September 30th at 5:30pm CDT. After great feedback from our first event, we're doing something new: Svelte Q&A and show & tell! Bring your projects, questions, or just come for pizza and networking. 🍕 #svelte #chicago #javascript
Svelte Chicago - September 2025 | Guild
Sep 30th 5:30PM: \*\* Come hang out with us at Svelte Chicago!\*\* Interested in Svelte? Join us for pizza, beverages, and networking at th
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September 20, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Doorbell rings, rapid knocking. Rush to the door to find Amazon package… but… ZERO sign of delivery person. Like… VANISHED 💨! Are they a NINJA 🥷?! ⬇️
Man at front door looking around puzzled, searching empty suburban landscape for missing delivery person. Amazon package on doorstep.
September 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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"tearing-by-default" = me every time I see @rich-harris.dev and @adamrackis.bsky.social arguing on BlueSky 😢
#svelte #solidjs #react #rainbowsandunicorns
Screenshot of two Bluesky posts discussing framework differences. The first post by rich harris mentions using 'await' without boilerplate and criticizes 'tearing-by-default.' The second post by Adam Rackis questions where the tearing occurs in the Solid version.
September 16, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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some thoughts about the bloat introduced by edge-case first libraries
The bloat of edge-case first libraries
How building edge-case first led to bloated, overly-granular libraries and what we can do about it
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September 9, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Reposted by Ken Kunz
shivan.xyz
A video and blog about animations in SvelteKit. Hope it's useful to you :)

youtu.be/F2AvpvQjXtc

shivan.xyz/posts/animat...
Animations in SvelteKit
YouTube video by Shivan
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August 31, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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👋 Chicago frontend crowd – curious why Svelte keeps ranking #1 in "admired" and "positivity" in JS surveys year after year? It's the framework … AND the people 🫶. Come hang with us next Tuesday to see for yourself #Chicago #JavaScript #Svelte #React
sveltesociety.dev Svelte Society @sveltesociety.dev · Aug 17
🌃 Svelte Chicago is here! 🎉
Our newest chapter launches August 26th! Featuring 🍕, networking, and a live React → Svelte migration demo in ~20 minutes! Founded by two Svelte Summit 2025 speakers. Join them building this new local Svelte community! 🚀
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Svelte Chicago – August 2025 | Guild
Aug 26th 5:30PM: \*\*Welcome to Svelte Chicago! \*\* Join us for our inaugural meetup as we launch the Chicago chapter of Svelte Society. W
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August 17, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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3+ months since Svelte Summit … missing Spain … made Tortilla Española 🇪🇸. Not that difficult tbh (except maybe "the flip" 😅), and soooo worth it 😋. #SvelteSummit #Spain
A golden-brown tortilla española on a white plate, sitting on a red and white checkered tablecloth. The thick Spanish potato omelet has a beautifully cooked surface with characteristic wrinkles and golden coloring. A plated serving of tortilla española cut into a wedge, accompanied by a slice of bread topped with red tomato spread and a small salad of fresh arugula greens. The meal is presented on a white plate on an outdoor dining table.
August 16, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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Request for comments…

The TSTFU Principle: 90% of coding in TypeScript is writing code that works. The other 90% is convincing the type checker to STFU.

#TypeScript #DevLife #Svelte | CC: @gazit.me, @jyc.dev, @michaelaufreiter.com
Venn-pie chart showing TypeScript development time: two overlapping 90% sections labeled 'working code' and 'type checker STFU', with most of the circle showing blended colors representing simultaneous effort on both tasks.
August 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Slime mold! Huzzah!
Bright yellow slime mold with branching networks spreading across a surface, showing brown secretions typical of an active organism.
August 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Fantastic post. The best take I've read on vibe coding.

"The worst possible situation is to have a non-programmer vibe code a large project that they intend to maintain. This would be the equivalent of giving a credit card to a child without first explaining the concept of debt."

#vibecoding
July 31, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Svelte: come for the DX, stay for the @rich-harris.dev commit comedy 😂 #svelte #webdev github.com/sveltejs/kit...
GitHub commit history showing Rich Harris's debugging journey from "debug windows nonsense" through frustrated messages like "gah", "wtaf", "come ON" to final success: "fucking FINALLY" ✓
July 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM