Jeppe hosts with Brittany. Guests: Patak (Matias Capeletto, Vite core team) and Zeu Capua ( zeu.dev , software engineer, Svelte ambassador). What is npmx? A fast, open-source browser for the npm registry. It consumes the npmjs REST API and adds a better UI and more useful data on top. Started by Daniel Roe (Nuxt lead) ~40 days before recording. Patak joined as co-steward after seeing a two-day…
Kev and Jeppe, discuss the cold weather in Denmark and Sweden compared to Hawaii. They highlight that "Svelte Radio" has ranked number 13 (effectively number 12) in the podcast section of the State of JS 2025 survey, placing them among the "mainstream" podcasts and slightly increasing the pressure to produce relevant content. State of JS: Frameworks The hosts analyze the survey results for…
Sorry about Jeppe's audio in this one, he accidentally picked the wrong microphone during recording and there's not much we can do about it :( The gang kicks back for their first episode of the new year, catching up on holidays before diving into AI and vibe coding. Kevin talks bout a gym tracking app he built almost entirely with LLMs. They cover updates to the Svelte Society website (job board,…
In this episode of Svelte Radio, we welcome Jeppe as a new permanent host and sit down with Paolo Ricciuti, Svelte maintainer and Senior Software Developer at Mainmatter, to dive deep into Svelte custom renderers. Paolo walks us through how custom renderers work (using React's approach with React DOM, Ink, and React Native as context), explains the technical challenges of bringing this capability…
Guest Ilja - Berlin-based developer specializing in building websites and data visualizations for NGOs. Svelte Ambassador. Topics Discussed Working with NGOs vs. traditional businesses Budget constraints and project-based funding The AfroZensus project Svelte 5 migration Berlin Svelte Meetup announcement Berlin Svelte Meetup Date : December 9th (Tuesday) Venue : Datawrapper's office in Berlin…
In this episode, Stanislav Khromov joins the Svelte Radio team to discuss his work on Svelte Bench, a benchmarking tool that scientifically measures how well different LLMs understand and write Svelte 5 code. The conversation explores the challenges of AI-assisted coding with Svelte 5, the development of the official Svelte MCP (Model Context Protocol) that provides LLMs with documentation and…
In this episode of Svelte Radio, Ken Kunz joins the hosts to discuss his journey with Svelte, from discovering it through Rich Harris's "Rethinking Reactivity" talk to building complex financial applications. Ken shares his experience working on Trading Strategy, a decentralized finance platform, and the challenges of implementing sophisticated charting solutions. The conversation also covers…
Summary In this episode of Svelt Radio, the hosts welcome Jeppe Reinhold from Chromatic to discuss the dramatic improvements in Storybook's Svelte integration. Jeppe shares how a critical video by Brittany struggling with Storybook setup sparked a complete overhaul of the Svelte experience, leading to better collaboration with the Svelte core team and significant enhancements in functionality. The…
Summary In this episode, Simon Holthausen from the Svelte team joins to discuss remote functions and async Svelte, two experimental features that are changing how developers interact with data in SvelteKit applications. Remote functions offer a new RPC-like approach that provides better type safety, more granular data loading, and improved developer experience compared to traditional load…
Summary We're putting the band back together. Svelte Radio is officially back. This first episode is a bit of catch-up. Not a ton of Svelte chatter. Look forward to many fun and interesting episodes. Next week we talk with Simon about Remote Functions. Don't miss it! Show Notes Introducing SvelteKit Remote Functions, by Simon Holthausen SvelteKit Remote Functions tips: Auth guards, managing…