recluster VS Svelte

Just as a point of full disclosure, I'm the author of recluster (https://github.com/doxout/recluster) and its accompanying modules and I have some experience with managing k8s by myself - so I have some experience with both approaches in node.

tools: sveltekit, pocketbase, postmark, groq, docker, cloudflare, cloudflared.

The first time I visited https://svelte.dev , the non-flat-vector banner instantly won me. It just stands out from the world around it. I just sort of assumed the engineering was superior to the competition if they were going to lead with crimped metal (and was right).

Flat design has always struck me as an extremist response to an issue. Windows Vista required everyone to be on the same page design-language wise in order to look good, but can the same be said of Windows XP? You can make just a few parts of your app drop-shadowed, you can add some slight reflection gradients while keeping the whole thing matte, you do not need to get rid of all visual depth just to avoid the feeling of zeerust.

Svelte as the main framework. (Whimsy is my first Svelte project, actually! And Svelte didn't disappoint. Almost.)

We're going to build our Svelte application using the Svelte REPL sandbox (or just REPL) at svelte.dev. I recommend checking out all the great documentation at svelte.dev, like its Examples section showcasing Svelte's many features, as well as the cool interactive tutorial at learn.svelte.dev.

Svelte super clean frontend structure

In theory, “de-frameworking yourself” is cool, but in practice, it’ll just lead to you building what effectively is your own ad hoc less battle-tested, probably less secure, and likely less performant de facto framework.

I’m not convinced it’s worth it.

If you want something à la KISS[0][0], just use Svelte/SvelteKit[1][1].

Nowadays, the primary exception I see to my point here is if your goal is to better understand what’s going on under the hood of many libraries and frameworks.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KISS_principle

[1]: https://svelte.dev

When I teased this series on LinkedIn, one comment quipped that Vue’s been around since 2014—“you should’ve learned it by now!”—and they’re not wrong. The JS ecosystem churns out UI libraries like Svelte, Solid, RxJS, and more, each pushing reactivity forward. React’s ubiquity made it my go-to for stability and career momentum. Now I’m ready to revisit new patterns and sharpen my tool-belt.

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