Jacob discusses the ways he uses Svelte in his work at Stylitics as well as some of his personal projects.

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Show Notes

00:00 Introduction
01:31 Jacob's Background
03:49 Welding to Software
05:29 Combining Code with Your Interests
06:38 Passion
10:09 Jacob's Interest in Svelte
15:36 Working for Stylitics
21:24 Choosing to use Svelte
24:03 Finding Open-source
29:05 Sponsor: Hashnode
29:51 Svelete Kit Changes
35:54 Sponsor: Daily.dev
36:55 Other Frameworks and Side Projecst
40:26 Databases
42:23 Stores
43:43 Picks and Plugs