In Defense of The Modern Web

This week we talk about a bunch of fun topics! In no particular order:

• Rich Harris' In Defense of The Web
• Kevins article on actions.
• Bundler work and HMR in Svelte: Nollup, Vite, Snowpack
• New contributors resources: CONTRIBUTING, ROADMAP
• Contributing in practice: Li Hau's bug fix story
• Built in Svelte: Googles Performance Benchmark
• Scott teaches Wes about Svelte
• TypeScript almost here? Next episode we will bring on some of the active contributors to discuss it. Stay tuned!
• Microsoft releases Azure Static Sites. Builds one live using Svelte! Unfortunately somewhere in this 48 hours stream
• Scott Tolinski builds a Svelte and Meteor application. Free series!
• Keying things. Relevant background info: Sebastian Markbåge, Nik Graf. Svelte Workaround
• Pub quiz? If you're interested, give us a shoutout on the Discord!
• Discussion about an upcoming official router
• Shawn talks about his book.

Picks:

• Shawn: Baseus W01 Earphones
• Antony: Browserstack
• Kevin: Plausible

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