Mat Simon
@matsimon.dev
Lead Software Engineer @derstandard.at
Full Stack Developer (SvelteKit, SwiftUI) https://www.matsimon.dev
Founder of https://www.pausly.app ⭐️
Musician https://www.yesmeno.com 🎸 🎤 🎹 🥁
Blender enthusiast 🎨
Full Stack Developer (SvelteKit, SwiftUI) https://www.matsimon.dev
Founder of https://www.pausly.app ⭐️
Musician https://www.yesmeno.com 🎸 🎤 🎹 🥁
Blender enthusiast 🎨
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We completely overhauled the user interface for unboxing new outfits. Hopefully you get to experience it soon :)
December 8, 2025 at 9:06 PM
We completely overhauled the user interface for unboxing new outfits. Hopefully you get to experience it soon :)
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High fiving has probably always been the most loved feature of Pausly.
It's now possible to directly click on the 🙌 emoji to instantly react. No more stressing over finding the right emoji in time :)
It's now possible to directly click on the 🙌 emoji to instantly react. No more stressing over finding the right emoji in time :)
December 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM
High fiving has probably always been the most loved feature of Pausly.
It's now possible to directly click on the 🙌 emoji to instantly react. No more stressing over finding the right emoji in time :)
It's now possible to directly click on the 🙌 emoji to instantly react. No more stressing over finding the right emoji in time :)
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It has always been possible to replace single movements before starting a session, but it's now possible to replace them during a session as well!
Click on the settings button and hit the "Replace this movement" button and you'll instantly get a new one.
Click on the settings button and hit the "Replace this movement" button and you'll instantly get a new one.
December 8, 2025 at 8:58 PM
It has always been possible to replace single movements before starting a session, but it's now possible to replace them during a session as well!
Click on the settings button and hit the "Replace this movement" button and you'll instantly get a new one.
Click on the settings button and hit the "Replace this movement" button and you'll instantly get a new one.
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🎉 Happy 30-month anniversary to Container Queries – in every browser since Feb, 2023. It was supposed to be impossible, but here we are!
Why 2.5 years? Nothing will change tomorrow, but Baseline uses this milestone to signal confidence a feature has gained "wide" support.
youtu.be/bhHV0rQ3-CQ
Why 2.5 years? Nothing will change tomorrow, but Baseline uses this milestone to signal confidence a feature has gained "wide" support.
youtu.be/bhHV0rQ3-CQ
August 13, 2025 at 9:02 PM
🎉 Happy 30-month anniversary to Container Queries – in every browser since Feb, 2023. It was supposed to be impossible, but here we are!
Why 2.5 years? Nothing will change tomorrow, but Baseline uses this milestone to signal confidence a feature has gained "wide" support.
youtu.be/bhHV0rQ3-CQ
Why 2.5 years? Nothing will change tomorrow, but Baseline uses this milestone to signal confidence a feature has gained "wide" support.
youtu.be/bhHV0rQ3-CQ
New blog post: simple, effective skeleton loaders using just HTML and CSS.
www.matsimon.dev/blog/simple-...
#css #html #svelte
www.matsimon.dev/blog/simple-...
#css #html #svelte
Simple but Effective Skeleton Loaders — Mat Simon
Learn how to create a simple, effective skeleton loader component using just HTML and CSS, with full control over layout and design.
www.matsimon.dev
July 2, 2025 at 6:35 PM
New blog post: simple, effective skeleton loaders using just HTML and CSS.
www.matsimon.dev/blog/simple-...
#css #html #svelte
www.matsimon.dev/blog/simple-...
#css #html #svelte
{@attach ...} • Docs • Svelte
{@attach ...} • Svelte documentation
svelte.dev
May 15, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Very interesting... This will enable us to use `await` directly inside `
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I recently watched Adolescence on Netflix and at the risk of sounding a bit iconoclastic, I’d like to offer some criticisms and concerns about how the mini-series (perhaps inadvertently) perpetuates some myths related to the online radicalization of men and boys.
April 3, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I recently watched Adolescence on Netflix and at the risk of sounding a bit iconoclastic, I’d like to offer some criticisms and concerns about how the mini-series (perhaps inadvertently) perpetuates some myths related to the online radicalization of men and boys.
@tolin.ski Zero looks really promising to me and I love your Svelte adapter. Where and how do you deploy your zero-cache and what is your goto service for the PostgreSQL database?
March 29, 2025 at 12:26 PM
@tolin.ski Zero looks really promising to me and I love your Svelte adapter. Where and how do you deploy your zero-cache and what is your goto service for the PostgreSQL database?
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The power of view transitions is absolutely mind-boggling. Things like this 👇 are quickly done with some CSS (no hacks!) and no additional DOM elements. Wild! 🤯
January 27, 2025 at 11:22 PM
The power of view transitions is absolutely mind-boggling. Things like this 👇 are quickly done with some CSS (no hacks!) and no additional DOM elements. Wild! 🤯
I agree. Still using camelCase thought because that's just how JavaScript is written. Would feel out of place with other libraries and platform functions. (From reading your comments you seem to agree)
February 3, 2025 at 7:36 AM
I agree. Still using camelCase thought because that's just how JavaScript is written. Would feel out of place with other libraries and platform functions. (From reading your comments you seem to agree)
Near the end you write "I’m still not convinced though because could a junior developer understand that more than this?". That is also a purely anecdotal argument, and I disagree with you. I think it's easier to parse and understand that a pseudo class is added to the selector with &:hover.
January 30, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Near the end you write "I’m still not convinced though because could a junior developer understand that more than this?". That is also a purely anecdotal argument, and I disagree with you. I think it's easier to parse and understand that a pseudo class is added to the selector with &:hover.
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Thank you @matsimon.dev for this great blog post explaining $effect.root in Svelte 5!
www.matsimon.dev/blog/svelte-...
Really cleared up some confusion I had about why $effect.root wouldn't track my changes. 😀
www.matsimon.dev/blog/svelte-...
Really cleared up some confusion I had about why $effect.root wouldn't track my changes. 😀
Svelte in Depth: The $effect.root rune — Mat Simon
This article explores Svelte’s $effect.root rune, detailing its purpose, usage, and common misconceptions. It covers scenarios where $effect.root is essential, explains its lifecycle considerations, a...
www.matsimon.dev
January 29, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Thank you @matsimon.dev for this great blog post explaining $effect.root in Svelte 5!
www.matsimon.dev/blog/svelte-...
Really cleared up some confusion I had about why $effect.root wouldn't track my changes. 😀
www.matsimon.dev/blog/svelte-...
Really cleared up some confusion I had about why $effect.root wouldn't track my changes. 😀
Good read. "The man claims to have principles, but he appears to have only moods and impulses."
The Trouble with Elon
I didn’t set out to become an enemy of the world’s richest man, but I seem to have managed it all the same.
samharris.substack.com
January 23, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Good read. "The man claims to have principles, but he appears to have only moods and impulses."
Very interesting new #svelte proposal: https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/pull/15000
A better, more portable implementation of “actions” called “attachments”.
A better, more portable implementation of “actions” called “attachments”.
January 18, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Very interesting new #svelte proposal: https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/pull/15000
A better, more portable implementation of “actions” called “attachments”.
A better, more portable implementation of “actions” called “attachments”.
Elon Musk pretending to be one of the best players of Path of Exile in the world, and then live streaming to prove it... just to show everybody that he has absolutely no clue what he's doing and just bought some Chinese account has got to be one of the funniest things this year so far.
January 14, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Elon Musk pretending to be one of the best players of Path of Exile in the world, and then live streaming to prove it... just to show everybody that he has absolutely no clue what he's doing and just bought some Chinese account has got to be one of the funniest things this year so far.
Absolutely :) But to be fair, the match with Magnus was *really* close. And it was way really short too. It would be very entertaining to see a format with more games.
January 14, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Absolutely :) But to be fair, the match with Magnus was *really* close. And it was way really short too. It would be very entertaining to see a format with more games.
Mastodon ist nicht besonders geeignet für sowas weil man dann die Instanz angeben muss. Generell ist das mMn der Grund warum Mastodon nie abgehoben hat oder abheben wird. Instanzen haben zu viel Einfluss auf das Netzwerk.
January 14, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Mastodon ist nicht besonders geeignet für sowas weil man dann die Instanz angeben muss. Generell ist das mMn der Grund warum Mastodon nie abgehoben hat oder abheben wird. Instanzen haben zu viel Einfluss auf das Netzwerk.
I love the chess drama.
January 14, 2025 at 11:22 AM
I love the chess drama.
I’m really happy about this. I see way too many people switching to Bluesky because it has not been taken over by a right wing lunatic. But the important thing about Bluesky is not that the company it is controlled by is not insane (yet), but that the network is decentralized!
Exciting to see new, independent projects spin up to decentralize the atproto ecosystem! Building alternative infrastructure is a big step towards giving users more choice and making the network billionaire-proof.
Big news! There's a new project that's raising cash to build out AT Protocol infrastructure that isn't dependent on venture-funded Bluesky, to stimulate the development of new social networks using that infrastructure, and to make the protocol's governance more democratic fortune.com/2025/01/13/m...
January 13, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I’m really happy about this. I see way too many people switching to Bluesky because it has not been taken over by a right wing lunatic. But the important thing about Bluesky is not that the company it is controlled by is not insane (yet), but that the network is decentralized!
Ach steht eh ganz am Anfang. Danke :)
January 12, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Ach steht eh ganz am Anfang. Danke :)
Wie war die Fragestellung?
January 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Wie war die Fragestellung?
In case you missed it, #vscode now has an option for custom labels! The #svelte vscode extension will set this automatically in the future, but until then, you can make these changes to optimize your tab labels in a #sveltekit project.
github.com/sveltejs/lan...
github.com/sveltejs/lan...
January 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
In case you missed it, #vscode now has an option for custom labels! The #svelte vscode extension will set this automatically in the future, but until then, you can make these changes to optimize your tab labels in a #sveltekit project.
github.com/sveltejs/lan...
github.com/sveltejs/lan...
Just published a post about the new createSubscriber() function in #svelte, and how it helps you manage reactive values from external sources.
Svelte in Depth: The createSubscriber() function — Mat Simon
Learn how the createSubscriber() function in Svelte helps manage reactive values from external sources. Discover which problems it solves, when to use it, and how it works under the hood.
www.matsimon.dev
January 9, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Just published a post about the new createSubscriber() function in #svelte, and how it helps you manage reactive values from external sources.
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