Michael Aufreiter

On a mission to make the internet editable.

Building and

[Michael Aufreiter @_mql]

Almost 3 years since https://t.co/hLUpS5VlFs made it to the front page.

Since then, I’ve been busy turning this from a prototype into something solid.

A way to build CMS-free, in-place editable websites using only Svelte.

This is v2. 🥳

[Michael Aufreiter @_mql]

What the internet needs more of (again) is deliberately crafted pages, where with great care, someone arranged each bit of information.

[Michael Aufreiter @_mql]

@steipete OpenWindows? 🪟

[Michael Aufreiter @_mql]

@JohannesMutter Full diff of everything that changed since 0.9.0:

https://t.co/VmucSWfyl3

[Michael Aufreiter @_mql]

First apps built on Svedit are launching in production this summer.

Hence, lots of hours went into the latest 0.10.0 release. Focus was on bugfixes, performance and dev ergonomics.

Big thanks to @JohannesMutter for the help!

[Michael Aufreiter @_mql]

@mitsuhiko Who did the design? Very much like its simplicitly with just enough extra touched to give it a personality.

[Michael Aufreiter @_mql]

Common mistake in software development: To see patterns where there's nuance.

That said: Generalization and composition via patterns is great, but only if the patterns are actual patterns. :)

Be wary of "almost-patterns."

[Michael Aufreiter @_mql]

* is 😄

[Michael Aufreiter @_mql]

Okay this actually amazing!

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[Michael Aufreiter @_mql]

@hobdaydesign The best software is boring and invisible.

[Michael Aufreiter @_mql]

@FabianHiller @steipete @stew_loren @sveltejs @valibot @formisch_dev Will do. Thanks a lot!

[Michael Aufreiter @_mql]

@FabianHiller @steipete @stew_loren @sveltejs @valibot @formisch_dev @FabianHiller nothing urgent, but could I ask you some @valibot related questions sometime?

Context: Using my own basic schema + validation for https://t.co/d9s3qkvlui rn, but pondering if switching to standardschema would make sense / be feasible.

https://t.co/7WAUdfHKEG

[Michael Aufreiter @_mql]

@hhg2288 Don't know details about the kid, but I hope so too.

Yeah interesting times. Clankers definitely beat humans in matching patterns, writing out code, and really most technicalities. I do think however that having an "insight" is a human experience, that can't be automatized.

[Michael Aufreiter @_mql]

@hhg2288 Not ready just yet to trust the clankers. Not with UI code at least. 🫠

Speaking of elevators, the one at a friends house, recently squeezed a small kid in the door, had to be cut out by firefighters. 😬

[Michael Aufreiter @_mql]

@hhg2288 Nothing in particular. Just have the need to see and understand everything, and the prospect of unlimited code coming in feels overwhelming. So I‘m actually happy for the limits. Keeps the velocity in check. Does that make sense? 😅

[Michael Aufreiter @_mql]

@steipete @sveltejs 👏 Welcome.

Predicting that Svelte will have a moment, once async is stable, and enabled by default.

[Michael Aufreiter @_mql]

@mz2 Hey @mz2 long time no see. Hope you are doing well!

My main point was "making a lot of code alone is not gonna save you", but yeah, definitely AI can help with quality controls, but for those the same is true, you need to assess their correctness first, not blindly rely on them.

[Michael Aufreiter @_mql]

I don't think that 'keeping the agents busy over night' is the hard new challenge.

The art in programming remains judging the output, before merging it with confidence. That's only getting harder with more and more output to be judged.

[Haider. @haider1]

Former CEO of Google, Eric Schmidt:

"traditional programming is over, and i'm mourning the identity i built around it"

Programmers don't write code anymore — they wake up, assign objectives to AI agents, go to lunch, and let them run overnight

For anyone still coding the old way:
"stop. it's over"

[Michael Aufreiter @_mql]

* especially since you are more and more personally detached from that output

[Michael Aufreiter @_mql]

I'm in team 'stay-close-to-the-metal-when possible' though.

[Michael Aufreiter @_mql]

Totally agree about the part on fashions, rewrites, and hypes. Though I also think that abstractions on top of the web platform (like Svelte) become much more compelling once you’ve spent years dealing with the frustrations of building reliable interactive UIs.

[antirez @antirez]

I must admit that nothing about computers, since I'm in love with the field, was so uninteresting as the Javascript different fashions, waves, frameworks, rewrites, hypes. And I'm one that loves almost every shit programming related.