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  1. …sure that the performance is not negatively affected (e.g. [1]). [0] https://cybernetic.dev [1] https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/issues/17176
    comment by division_by_0 · 2026-06-14 · in Ask HN: What are you working on? (June 2026)
  2. Also there is an idea for the svelte compiler: https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/issues/18376
    comment by nhatcher · 2026-06-05 · in Port React Compiler to Rust
  3. …getter. There has been some relevant discussions about this in the context of Svelte, see, e.g., https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/discussions/15845 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dATE70wlHc and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-1pVKUW…
    comment by Acmeon · 2026-03-23 · in JavaScript Is Enough
  4. …are even js/ts projects that use snake case despite the camel case convention, for readability https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/issues/3479#issuecomment-...
    comment by __jonas · 2025-08-06 · in Gleam v1.12
  5. …a correlation matrix [1] and a work project with Svelte 5, I have to say that I really like it. [0] https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/discussions/13277 [1] https://covary.xyz
    comment by division_by_0 · 2025-04-23 · in Solidjs: Simple and performant reactivity for building user interfaces
  6. …Signals implementation seems very performant compared to other Signals-based frameworks. [0] [0] https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/discussions/13277
    comment by division_by_0 · 2025-04-23 · in Solidjs: Simple and performant reactivity for building user interfaces
  7. …it feels so natural in relation to HTML is that Svelte treats it as "The Mother Language". [0] [0] https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/discussions/10085
    comment by division_by_0 · 2025-04-23 · in Solidjs: Simple and performant reactivity for building user interfaces
  8. …place among them, calling it "The Mother Language". [0] Will check out Nue and Datastar. [0] https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/discussions/10085
    comment by division_by_0 · 2025-04-23 · in Solidjs: Simple and performant reactivity for building user interfaces
  9. It's also worth noting that the Svelte signals implementation is quite performant. [0] [0] https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/discussions/13277
    comment by division_by_0 · 2025-04-19 · in JavaScript Views, the Hard Way – A Pattern for Writing UI
  10. …it really is just a different syntax for Typescript, and that's how they are using it. [0]: https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/blob/80557bbc1c8a94c43a95...
    comment by MrJohz · 2025-04-01 · in Show HN: Nue – Apps lighter than a React button
  11. …TypeScript[1]. Author can also do the same and provide TS bindings at any point in the future. [0] https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/blob/main/packages/svelte... [1] https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/blob/main/packages/svelte...
    comment by CharlieDigital · 2025-04-01 · in Show HN: Nue – Apps lighter than a React button
  12. …library for all intents and purposes. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35932617 [1] https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte [2] https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/pull/8569 [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35892250
    comment by CharlieDigital · 2025-04-01 · in Show HN: Nue – Apps lighter than a React button
  13. …news there was a post criticizing Svelte 5. It is now mentioned on this PR as a change for it https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/pull/15469 I do criticize things in Svelte as well, e.g. I do like the patterns for passing reactivity through…
    comment by tglide · 2025-03-08 · in Svelte5: A Less Favorable Vue3
  14. …this.dom = $state(el) } } Which is incompatible with rules of runes. I did whine about this already https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/issues/14600 but so far no clear answer
    comment by teekoiv · 2025-03-08 · in Svelte5: A Less Favorable Vue3
  15. …(being more verbose as a trade-off) 2. There are some issues with supporting decorators (Svelte https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/issues/11502 , and a lot of others). 3. I decided to only support directed acyclic graphs (no loops!) in…
    comment by jumski · 2025-02-20 · in Show HN: Mastra – Open-source JS agent framework, by the developers of Gatsby
  16. Oops, you're right, here's the other issue: https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/issues/15325 That should shed more light on my problem, which is not just due to proxies, but is also a result of props being getters under the hood.
    comment by jonstaab · 2025-02-18 · in Svelte 5 is not JavaScript
  17. …like Svelte matures in order for it to find adoption with larger teams and organizations. [1] https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/blob/98734433376e99909fb6... [2] https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/issues/11626
    comment by Ameo · 2025-02-18 · in Svelte 5 is not JavaScript
  18. …Google translate shenanigans since it manipulates the DOM. Actually it seems they got hit also, https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/issues/15090
    comment by whizzter · 2025-02-14 · in Everything about Google Translate crashing React (and other web apps)
  19. …not React exclusive (that part the post is explicit about) and indeed Svelte is affected as well: https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/issues/15090 When seeing issues like this one pop up with React in the title, one should really have a…
    comment by gr__or · 2025-02-14 · in Everything about Google Translate crashing React (and other web apps)
  20. …https://github.com/vuejs/core/issues?q=is%3Aissue+author%3As... https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/issues?q=is%3Aissue+autho...
    comment by yawaramin · 2025-01-08 · in The Future of Htmx
  21. Fun fact: Svelte doesn't allow the <title> tag to have any attributes: https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/issues/5198
    comment by yawaramin · 2025-01-07 · in The Future of Htmx
  22. …scanning all the issue headlines, it looks like there are a still a lot of unresolved edge cases: https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/issues As for my latest personal project, upgrading right now so I can help find more of those edge cases…
    comment by simonsarris · 2024-10-19 · in Svelte 5 Released
  23. Full v5.x changelog: https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/blob/main/packages/svelte...
    comment by taikahessu · 2024-10-19 · in Svelte 5 Released
  24. Here’s the release on GitHub: https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/releases/tag/svelte%405.0... Probably a better link for this post?
    comment by notpushkin · 2024-10-19 · in Svelte 5 Released
  25. …custom templating language with its unique limits [0]. If I have an option i'll stick with JSX. [0] https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/issues/5112#
    comment by Raed667 · 2023-08-08 · in Svelte 5 is going to be radical
  26. (From https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/issues/6629#issuecomment-... ) "The reason why autofocus should be generally avoided, is that it's messing up the focus order for screenreaders and similar assistive technologies. Additionally,…
    comment by mtmail · 2023-07-23 · in Ask HN: Why do web sites not place the cursor for input?
  27. …store implementers now need to pass an update function additionally to the set function ([#6750]( https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/pull/ 6750)) breaking: Do not expose default slot bindings to named slots and vice versa (#6049) breaking:…
    comment by swyx · 2023-06-22 · in Svelte 4
  28. …to mention that many projects are now done in TypeScript, which means there's a build step anyway. https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/pull/8569 > As a Svelte compiler developer, debugging without a build step greatly simplifies compiler…
    comment by its-summertime · 2023-06-14 · in ES Modules Are Terrible
  29. …to make a few small breaking changes to the type definitions for improved TypeScript support: https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/blob/version-4/CHANGELOG.... We'll cut a preview release soon and would love help testing and feedback from…
    comment by benmccann · 2023-05-10 · in TS to JSDoc Conversion
  30. …or even components inside other components but it all feels very inelegant and not very Svelty. https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/issues/2940
    comment by pier25 · 2023-03-27 · in Thoughts on Svelte
  31. …in which the reactive blocks were defined, which may or may not be right. I created this issue https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/issues/5190 a couple years ago documenting it. It's not so common, but when it bytes you it's pretty nasty.…
    comment by opensas · 2023-03-27 · in Thoughts on Svelte
  32. …text</>, icon: <MyIcon ... />, content: SecondTab }, ] return <MyLayout tabs={tabs} /> [1]: https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/issues/5381
    comment by SebastianKra · 2023-02-03 · in Virtual DOM is pure overhead (2018)
  33. …since it uses a templating system, you can't pass around interface definitions easily: - https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/issues/3480 (no dynamic slots) - https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/issues/5381 (can't wrap children) You can…
    comment by SebastianKra · 2022-12-14 · in SvelteKit 1.0
  34. …specific components in a SSR app while trying to use it for feature in my Go application[2]. [1] https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/issues/6481 [2] https://abishekmuthian.com/javascript-framework-fence-sitter...
    comment by Abishek_Muthian · 2022-12-02 · in Migrating from Vue 2 to Svelte
  35. …system through a localhost server IIUC?). [1] https://github.com/solidjs/solid/discussions/332 [2] https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/issues/4431 [3] https://github.com/crewdevio/Snel
    comment by mananaysiempre · 2022-11-14 · in Deno 1.28: Featuring 1.3M New Modules
  36. …found it a good way to think about state+events and more confidently make changes as a result. 1 - https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/issues/4701
    comment by licyeus · 2022-09-11 · in Ask HN: Help me pick a front-end framework
  37. $ has a looot of gotchas, under some conditions, the reactivity climps up the dependency tree. E.g. https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/issues/4933 I used to use "$" like useEffect, but now I don't know how to use it anymore And Svelte…
    comment by madacol · 2022-09-09 · in The self-fulfilling prophecy of React
  38. …have any business injecting myself into this subthread, but your explanation piqued my curiosity. https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/issues/6730 https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/issues/6732 So basically, reactive blocks are only allowed…
    comment by jcheng · 2022-09-09 · in The self-fulfilling prophecy of React
  39. https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md Svelte is currently version 3.5
    comment by vezycash · 2022-09-09 · in Introducing Svelte, and Comparing Svelte with React and Vue (2021)
  40. …a vuejs app to svelte before getting blindsided by svelte not having basic error handling: https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/issues/1096 Many types of errors that the equivalent vuejs/react app will show an error page and allow reporting…
    comment by antifa · 2022-09-08 · in Introducing Svelte, and Comparing Svelte with React and Vue (2021)
  41. > asking him about his experience with svelte. He asked asked me what svelte was https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/issues/3287
    comment by antifa · 2022-09-01 · in Ask HN: Anyone having issues with job applicant fraud?
  42. …cause infinite loop, and again the problem is not implementation, but deciding on the best design: https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3A...
    comment by xiphias2 · 2022-03-22 · in CSS's !important was added because of laws about font size for some text
  43. …caught, the whole app crashes with no way to recover, or even show the user to refresh the tab. See https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/issues/1096 . Other than that, Svelte + SvelteKit is awesome. I would not choose React or Vue for…
    comment by samuelstros · 2022-01-05 · in My Evaluation of SvelteKit for Full-Stack Web App Development
  44. …discord is severely under-represented in your statistic. [0] https://github.com/yarnpkg/yarn [1] https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte [2] https://sourcegraph.com/search?q=context:global+https://disc...
    comment by djrockstar1 · 2021-12-28 · in Please don't use Discord for FOSS projects
  45. Some food for thought (found during a quick evaluation of Svelte for future projects) Contributors https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/graphs/contributors See main three graphs. Roadmap https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/issues/622 > (last…
    comment by vanni · 2021-01-13 · in Svelte took #1 spot in State of JavaScript 2020 survey
  46. - Svelte seems to have a bit of a problem with large bundle sizes: https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/issues/2546#issuecomment-... - Svelte might feel (it does to me at least; although I haven't really worked much with it) a bit too…
    comment by azangru · 2020-09-03 · in React is becoming a black box
  47. I think it's a good idea to include ones that stands out from rest of the pack. https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte and https://github.com/ryansolid/solid stands out by being the only 2 that are compiled to standard js, so no framework is…
    comment by fuzzythinker · 2020-07-17 · in Launch HN: Openbase (YC S20) – reviews and insights for open-source packages
  48. …say neither statement is true? Seems to be plenty of contributors that have contributed recently: https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/commits/master
    comment by untog · 2020-04-05 · in The Svelte Compiler Handbook
  49. https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/issues/1096
    comment by Can_Not · 2020-03-12 · in Why Svelte is our choice for a large web project
  50. Slots are currently an unwieldy band-aid. https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/issues/1037 (open since 2017) https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/issues/2079 The simple usage of passing a component to a component, which almost every…
    comment by leppr · 2020-03-11 · in Why Svelte is our choice for a large web project