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kevinak··on Clean front end architecture with SvelteKit
Because it's much faster, goes for most navigation in code editors, try it! :)
kevinak··on Clean front end architecture with SvelteKit
Curious to hear more, what specifically is complicated about it?

SvelteKit is a JavaScript framework, it makes sense that you can't use it with other languages. You can pair it with a backend of your choice of course, but to get the SSR benefits you do need to work within the framework.

There are other ways of using Svelte with other languages, I would take a look at something like Inertia.js [0].

[0] https://inertiajs.com

kevinak··on Clean front end architecture with SvelteKit
Generally you should try to get away from clicking around on file tabs and use your command palette but one thing you can do, if you're using VS Code, is change the "Label format" to "short" in the settings.
kevinak··on Clean front end architecture with SvelteKit
This is just a meme, an overwhelming majority of the React team ar still at Meta.
kevinak··on Clean front end architecture with SvelteKit
This.

It might look complicated at first sight, but once you actually use it you really appreciate the way it's structured.

kevinak··on Nvenc vs. QSV: Who Has the Best Hardware AV1 Encoder?
Eposvox on YouTube has some samples from the MA35D: https://youtu.be/TYOkJFOL5jY?t=502

TL;DR - it's looks really good.

kevinak··on A systematic critique of Bitcoin's value proposition
The reward has only gone down in absolute BTC numbers - in terms of purchasing power I'm pretty sure the reward is trending up.
kevinak··on Binance sees $2B in outflows as troubles compound
Most of the money in the system is well in excess of $250k accounts though. And the FEDs insurance fund is laughably small. Not a lot of people have to move there money to cause a major cascade (see SVB for example).
kevinak··on Deposit insurance maximization as a service
Imagine if there was some system out there that would let you store your wealth without dealing with any third-party shenanigans. That would be great.
kevinak··on A SvelteKit template for building CMS-free editable websites
It's not about generating types though. The reasons are laid out in the video.
kevinak··on A SvelteKit template for building CMS-free editable websites
Rich and I chatted a bit about TS vs JSDoc for library authors today on the monthly dev vlog: https://www.youtube.com/live/MJHO6FSioPI?feature=share&t=95

TL;DR - Svelte's codebase will move to JSDoc types but still use TS.

To be clear - Svelte will still have full support for TS, nothing is changing for users of Svelte.

kevinak··on Binance sees $2B in outflows as troubles compound
There’s a theory that if there was such a bank, all money would flow to it making all of the other ones insolvent, in turn the financial system would collapse, since no bank has enough. The whole industry is just a house of cards.

There was actually a recent case where one bank (Custodia) tried to do this - they wanted to charge fees instead of gambling with their clients money. But the FED denied their application. They say it’s because they wanted to service crypto companies - but how would that even be a problem if they’ve always got all the deposits at hand. It smells fishy.

kevinak··on Thoughts on Svelte
Yep! And to modify the data you use form actions :) it really is very beautiful once you get the full data flow
kevinak··on Lemon-derived nanoparticles block the progression of kidney stones
Funnily enough using ultrasound is actually a pretty common treatment: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/treatment-tests-and-t...
kevinak··on Lemon-derived nanoparticles block the progression of kidney stones
I’d say in your case your stones probably haven’t been that big. My stones were the worst experience of my life - only IV morphine helped. And even that made the pain just tolerable. Horrible!

I do identify with the constant uncomfortableness though.

kevinak··on Lemon-derived nanoparticles block the progression of kidney stones
TIL - I must’ve had huge ones then .

Maybe smaller stones don’t show up on the scans and there’s a much larger risk of collateral damage.

Kidney stones are the worst things I’ve ever experienced in my life. I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy. Ugh.

kevinak··on Lemon-derived nanoparticles block the progression of kidney stones
Is blowing them up using ultrasound not an option where you’re from? Surgery sounds horrible. Would have probably also opted for passing the stones if that was an alternative… Also the procedure is pretty sci-fi - https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/treatment-tests-and-t...
kevinak··on LocalBitcoins will discontinue its service
The median fee in each block over the last while has been $0.03-0.06 - if you're paying 1 dollar you're doing something very wrong
kevinak··on MIT License does not protect against SLAPP suits in the UK
I suspect it has to do with Craig Wright claiming to be Satoshi Nakamoto (creator of Bitcoin) and him suing Bitcoin developers.
kevinak··on Ask HN: What would be your stack if you are building an MVP today?
To get started? SvelteKit with SQLite (+Prisma).

To scale: 1. N number of VPSes distributed around the world with LiteFS (most likely Hetzner)

2. SvelteKit and SQLite (with Prisma)

3. Anycast Service to direct traffic

kevinak··on Ask HN: Self-hosting in 2023: Nextcloud on Linode, or...?
Get a Raspberry Pi 4 and install https://umbrel.com on it. Easy to set up using Tailscale and optional TOR support if that's something you want. And it has all the "important" stuff like Nextcloud, Vaultwarden, Pi-hole, Matrix server, etc.

There's a bunch of Bitcoin related Apps as well but it's easy to just ignore those.

Full list of "apps" here: https://github.com/getumbrel/umbrel-apps

kevinak··on Whisper.cpp example running fully in the browser
Whisper is way better than at least some other transcription solutions: https://blog.lopp.net/open-source-transcription-software-com...
kevinak··on Swift payments network to cut access to crypto exchanges
Binance doesn’t have anything to do with Tether, you’re probably mixing them up with Bitfinex, another crypto exchange.
kevinak··on Bulgarian law enforcement raids offices of cryptocurrency firm Nexo
Response from Nexo: https://twitter.com/Nexo/status/1613477462243147776
kevinak··on El Salvador’s Historic Digital Asset Securities Law Passes
Lots of examples in Alex Gladsteins article on the subject: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/imf-world-bank-repress-p...

It also makes sense that this would happen. Despot takes loan from IMF, spends it on random crap that doesn't benefit the citizens. Despot gets thrown out. IMF still wants its money back. Cue austerity, making the citizens pay for what the despot did.

kevinak··on The Future Dominance of Solar and Wind Energy
Still no answer to how they’re going to solve those moments when there is no wind or sun. Are we just going to accept that businesses and residences have to turn off all their appliances and machines when that happens?
kevinak··on Ask HN: Why did Frontend development explode in complexity?
I'm sure you know this already but to clarify - Svelte isn't going anywhere and you can still very much use it without SvelteKit

Curious though, what are the problems you see with SvelteKit? It can always be improved!

kevinak··on Ask HN: What is your favorite front end state management solution?
No, Svelte stores don’t use effector under the hood, they’re most definitely hand written and aren’t using any dependencies at all.
kevinak··on Binance outflows hit $6B as Mazars halts ‘proof of reserves’ work
It's definitely strange. Binance did $40 billion in volume in the last 24 hours. Even if their effective fee is only 1/100 of a percent that's $4 million. If we assume they do half that volume every day on average that's 730 million in revenue per year. Surely costs can't be that high?
kevinak··on SvelteKit 1.0
Maybe https://beta.music.apple.com/ qualifies? =)
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