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Thilo Maier @maier.tech · 13h

Yes, I prerender posts and notes and look up last modified dates of posts via GitHub API.

There are also internal APIs from which I read metadata.

I checked and had AI check if I am reading responses twice. As a precaution, I eliminated reusing `response` variables when I call more than one fetch.

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Thilo Maier @maier.tech · 13h

Has anyone building with #SvelteKit and `adapter-node` seen this type of error?

Screenshot is a Railway build. Local build works fine. Happens occasionally.

This is a Vercel to Railway migration. Never had this issue on Vercel.

#Svelte

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Thilo Maier @maier.tech · 15h

Will try.

Thilo Maier @maier.tech · 17h

I have not tried prerendering OG images, which would be cool. I only generate the OG image link and hope for the best.

Thilo Maier @maier.tech · 17h

I added OG images to my RSS feed, which was hit or miss. E.g. Inoreader was a miss.

Bluesky picked up the OG image most of the time but not always.

I guess the best thing would be generate once and then serve the generated image.

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Thilo Maier @maier.tech · 18h

I did mine with `@vercel/og` in a SvelteKit app. It‘s a little less wiring but the result is mixed because not every platform is patient enough to wait for the OG image to generate, especially when there is a cold start.

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Thilo Maier @maier.tech · 21h

I want to faint.

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Thilo Maier @maier.tech · 1d

Let me outsource my rant about macOS 26. It’s one heck of a bug fest.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=CYgM...

the new macos update destroyed my computer

YouTube video by Ben Davis

m.youtube.com

Thilo Maier @maier.tech · 2d

Using `<enhanced:img />` in Markdown in a mdsvex file in combination with code fences that look like Svelte confuses the Vite plugin.

Wrapping `<enhanced:img />` in a Svelte component and import that component into an mdsvex fixes this.

But it's not pretty.

Thilo Maier @maier.tech · 5d

Shoutout to all @fronteers.bsky.social organizers for yesterday's #darkmode conference in Dordrecht.

Great location, fantastic organization and amazing speakers.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

#fronteers

Lanyard with name tag an program on the back.

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Thilo Maier @maier.tech · 5d

Brecht @utilitybend.com talking about built-in component gems hidden in plain sight in all modern browsers, like popovers.

So many great browser APIs that are waiting to be used by frontend devs.

#fronteers

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Thilo Maier @maier.tech · 5d

For a SvelteKit service I created a preview environment with preview URL active and use that as blueprint for PR environments.

Then I have a URL to click in each PR.

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Thilo Maier @maier.tech · 5d

Can’t wait to try this!

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Thilo Maier @maier.tech · 5d

🥁

Stanislav @khromov.se · 5d

👀 Something very exciting is coming soon if you're using AI with Svelte. Watch this space! #svelte #ai

Reposted by Thilo Maier

Bramus @bram.us · 5d

I'm in Dordrecht (NL) to MC at @fronteers.bsky.social's "Dark Mode" conference later today and tonight.

Even though it's a new location, this feels like coming home, as I've been attending this conference since 2010 (and also spoke at the 2022 edition).

fronteersconf.org

Photo of the swag speakers get: a poster, a t-shirt, a DND sign, and a personalized gift (not pictured).

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Thilo Maier @maier.tech · 6d

It's great to see the Frontend community leave Amsterdam for one evening for tonight's @fronteers.bsky.social Dark Mode.

See you this afternoon/evening in Dordrecht!

fronteersconf.org

Fronteers Dark Mode, Friday, October 3rd, Dordrecht

Join us at Cinema de Witt in Dordrecht for our after work conference.

fronteersconf.org

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Thilo Maier @maier.tech · 6d

Yes. It adds another layer where things can go wrong and where it's hard to debug.

Preview URLs don't support logs yet and it's very hacky to use separate env vars for preview URLs. And some things I have to configure via dashboard but other things via CLI, it's very inconsistent.

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Thilo Maier @maier.tech · 6d

And I could not find a way to create a preview URL other than manually clicking Generate Domain in a deployment.

Can you automate this?

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Thilo Maier @maier.tech · 6d

Hosting on Railway, indeed. Deploying to Railway is straight forward, their UI is super polished.

One issue I have is that my registrar does not support apex CNAME records. Need to delegate to Cloudflare.

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Thilo Maier @maier.tech · 6d

One nasty package. Nothing that SvelteKit could have smoothed over, I think.

Anyway, this helped me to make up my mind that I want to move forward with adapter-node.

I have to give credit to Vercel for nailing the DX when deploying. Everything just works.

But now I have a Railway to catch.

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Thilo Maier @maier.tech · 6d

After trying to move a SvelteKit app from Vercel to Cloudflare, I come to the conclusion that swapping out adapters is more an aspiration than a reality.

The two compute models are too different to quickly move anything that is more than a simple web app.

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Thilo Maier @maier.tech · 6d

This improves discoverability a lot 👍

Ben McCann @benmccann.com · 6d

svelte.dev/packages is now live!

It's a convenient and easily discoverable place to find a sampling of high quality packages in the ecosystem. We hope it will give confidence in the Svelte ecosystem to newcomers and help them get started more easily.

Packages • Svelte

Packages for your Svelte and SvelteKit apps

svelte.dev

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Thilo Maier @maier.tech · 7d

I have been trying to wrap my head around CF env variables, too.

Have you figured out how to assign different env vars to non-prod builds?

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Thilo Maier @maier.tech · 7d

I don't work on projects where I am constraint to a specific Node version.

As a precaution, I use the latest LTS version everywhere, if possible. But even if I didn't, the chance of something breaking due to different Node versions is minimal.

I used to use NVM but not worth the hassle in my case.

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Thilo Maier @maier.tech · 8d

While his behavior is indefensible, it‘s common that managers at his level operate in a bubble and are shielded from any non-bubble feedback.

Good managers have figured out how to burst that bubble.

As an employee, dealing with bubble managers is a nightmare.

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