Rich Harris joins Vercel to work on Svelte full time • Hacker News Board

Re: Rich Harris joins Vercel to work on Svelte full time

#11

Post by owlbynight » Thu, Nov 11, 2021, 4:23 PM UTC

Started learning JS a few years ago. Picked svelte for my front end stuff because the other frameworks seemed saturated with experienced devs already and I wanted to be closer to the ground floor on something. I've been waffling the last year or so, wondering if I should focus more on NextJS because it was backed by Vercel.

I breathe a little easier today! This is great and can only be a good thing for svelte and sveltekit.

Re: Rich Harris joins Vercel to work on Svelte full time

#12

Post by falafelite » Thu, Nov 11, 2021, 4:26 PM UTC

Thrilled to hear it! As someone who has primarily written back-end code, I found Svelte to be the most accessible (readable, good/simple docs with lots of examples, easy getting started instructions, clear conceptual framework). Eager to see what comes out of this.

Re: Rich Harris joins Vercel to work on Svelte full time

#13

Post by arberx » Thu, Nov 11, 2021, 4:26 PM UTC

Donckele wrote: post #8

arberx wrote: post #5

Svelte is fucking awesome. Long way to go to catch up to React, but it'll get there. No brainer.

Yes, it is good. In many ways I hope it doesn’t catch up to React - it’s running a different journey which I also prefer.

Catch up in terms of hirability/company usage.

Re: Rich Harris joins Vercel to work on Svelte full time

#14

Post by pier25 » Thu, Nov 11, 2021, 4:29 PM UTC

dang wrote: post #10

We changed the url from https://vercel.com/blog/vercel-welcomes-rich-harris-creator-... to Rich's own post. There were two other submissions - one to an interview ( Svelte Creator Rich Harris: Web development should be more fun - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29189209 ) and the other to this Twitter link ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29189467 ). I've merged those threads into the current submission be…

Thanks dang! This was the right move.

Re: Rich Harris joins Vercel to work on Svelte full time

#15

Post by gavinray » Thu, Nov 11, 2021, 4:32 PM UTC

Well, this is awesome -- but fuck me: Vue is the only major player not under the Vercel umbrella now, haha.

Looks like I might have to phone in half a decade of experience.

Svelte is close enough to Vue with "script setup" mode anyways, the major difference is whether your logic/keywords go INSIDE the HTML tags or OUTSIDE.

Svelte doesn't support JSX/TSX though =(

Re: Rich Harris joins Vercel to work on Svelte full time

#16

Post by systemvoltage » Thu, Nov 11, 2021, 4:33 PM UTC

gavinray wrote: post #15

Well, this is awesome -- but fuck me: Vue is the only major player not under the Vercel umbrella now, haha. Looks like I might have to phone in half a decade of experience. Svelte is close enough to Vue with "script setup" mode anyways, the major difference is whether your logic/keywords go INSIDE the HTML tags or OUTSIDE. Svelte doesn't support JSX/TSX though =(

I love Vue because I come from a bygone era of HTML + sprinkling jQuery as needed. 99% of the websites don't need a full blown JS frontend but everyone is doing it, I must be wrong.

Re: Rich Harris joins Vercel to work on Svelte full time

#17

Post by leerob » Thu, Nov 11, 2021, 4:34 PM UTC

pier25 wrote: post #14

dang wrote: post #10

We changed the url from https://vercel.com/blog/vercel-welcomes-rich-harris-creator-... to Rich's own post. There were two other submissions - one to an interview ( Svelte Creator Rich Harris: Web development should be more fun - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29189209 ) and the other to this Twitter link ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29189467 ). I've merged those threads into the current submission be…

Thanks dang! This was the right move.

Agreed, thank you so much.

Re: Rich Harris joins Vercel to work on Svelte full time

#18

Post by uzername » Thu, Nov 11, 2021, 4:35 PM UTC

Is this a bet against React or a bet for ecosystem variety and choice? I feel it's the latter right now.

Re: Rich Harris joins Vercel to work on Svelte full time

#19

Post by leerob » Thu, Nov 11, 2021, 4:36 PM UTC

gavinray wrote: post #15

Well, this is awesome -- but fuck me: Vue is the only major player not under the Vercel umbrella now, haha. Looks like I might have to phone in half a decade of experience. Svelte is close enough to Vue with "script setup" mode anyways, the major difference is whether your logic/keywords go INSIDE the HTML tags or OUTSIDE. Svelte doesn't support JSX/TSX though =(

Lee from Vercel here. The governance of Svelte isn't changing – it's still the same independent, open-source project and community. We're just supporting Rich and helping the project grow!

Re: Rich Harris joins Vercel to work on Svelte full time

#20

Post by smt88 » Thu, Nov 11, 2021, 4:36 PM UTC

arberx wrote: post #13

Donckele wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, it is good. In many ways I hope it doesn’t catch up to React - it’s running a different journey which I also prefer.

Catch up in terms of hirability/company usage.

Yeah, I stupidly started some projects with SvelteKit instead of NextJS and am having a very hard time finding people to work on them.