Dependencies in the AI era, or: how I stopped worrying and learned to love an empty node_modules

What if your Svelte components rendered straight to the GPU instead of the DOM? gpuix-svelte is a Svelte custom renderer for GPUI, the GPU-accelerated UI framework behind the Zed editor. It produces native desktop windows from ordinary Svelte components, with no webview involved.

It’s been a while since we last met but the Svelte team have kept shipping exciting new features! Let’s go through the changelog and discuss the most interesting additions to Svelte and SvelteKit so far this year.