shivan.xyz @shivan.xyz · 20/09/2026Does anyone have a article on spacing content on a page? How much margin for a heading, paragraph etc. 000
shivan.xyz @shivan.xyz · 25/08/2026Just signed up for the @dddmelbourne.bsky.social conference for 2027! ti.to/ddd-melbourn...ti.toDDD Melbourne 2027DDD Melbourne is a non profit community event run by and for the software development community. Anyone can submit a session to the event and delegates then vote on the sessions they want to see. Tick... 010
shivan.xyz @shivan.xyz · 15/08/2026I've made a move to Melbourne, Australia. Let's see if this city rubs of on me - giving me creative juice. 030
Reposted by @shivan.xyzAntoine @antleth.fr · 13/08/2026Solid 2.0 and SvelteKit 3.0 reaching RC 1h apart How beautiful is this 1181
shivan.xyz @shivan.xyz · 19/07/2026This makes me think about coding styles/philosophies that we could introduce. - tigerstyle.devtigerstyle.devTigerStyleTigerStyle is a coding philosophy focused on safety, performance, and developer experience. 040
shivan.xyz @shivan.xyz · 19/07/2026In a recent dev meetup for work, I talked about AT protocol. I referenced these below: - atproto.com/guides/overv... - overreacted.io/open-social/atproto.comProtocol Overview - AT ProtocolAn introduction to the AT Protocol. 010
shivan.xyz @shivan.xyz · 08/07/2026Just came in the post. I'm officially part of the club. The learning never stops, and I am open to some tips. What's next? 010
shivan.xyz @shivan.xyz · 01/07/2026@firefox.com now supports `field-size`. That means with one line of CSS we have text inputs that resize depending on the content. How cool? Here is a demo in @svelte.dev playground. More info: developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/W... 1100
shivan.xyz @shivan.xyz · 22/06/2026I learn about *n for skipping the next occurrence. Also, f:. Thank you @geewiz.dev 010
Reposted by @shivan.xyzJochen Lillich @geewiz.dev · 22/06/2026New blog post: "The motion that changed everything" ➜ monospacementor.com/2026/06/the-... #Learning #Vim 011
shivan.xyz @shivan.xyz · 20/06/2026What are some good ways to keep track of films watched and books read? For my site, I'm considering creating a new content type for books read and films watched. 100
shivan.xyz @shivan.xyz · 17/06/2026Should dark mode be supported by web applications as a minimum? Warning video does have significant contrast switching. 000
shivan.xyz @shivan.xyz · 14/06/2026Prefer JavaScript runtime errors over TypeScript errors. shivan.xyz/posts/object...shivan.xyzShivan SivakumaranThis is my digital garden 130
shivan.xyz @shivan.xyz · 13/06/2026Call me crazy (and also a little bit messy - dust appears 0.001ms after cleaning...), here are some items I have on my desk to create a sense of joy for work. 120
shivan.xyz @shivan.xyz · 09/06/2026Would it be useful (or even possible) to have duckduckgo !bangs for the svelte(kit) documentation? 010
shivan.xyz @shivan.xyz · 06/06/2026Can you think of cases where CSS Logical properties are no good? 200
Reposted by @shivan.xyz{🧪} +paoloricciuti.svelte @paolo.ricciuti.me · 04/06/2026ONE LESS CONFIG! ONE LESS CONFIG! 1472
Reposted by @shivan.xyzAntoine @antleth.fr · 31/05/2026Svelte pro tip: I surprised myself writing this very cool pattern You can make a prop be either an attribute or a snippet: very handy when you want to provide two "size variants" of the same content! 5264
shivan.xyz @shivan.xyz · 31/05/2026A pen that writes and a watch that tells the time (and month and day). Am I crazy to appeal to the analogue? 080
Reposted by @shivan.xyzrich harris @rich-harris.dev · 30/05/2026the single biggest criticism svelte has received over the years is 'you can't have multiple components in a file'. so we fixed it! by making them unnecessary. with declaration tags (svelte.dev/docs/svelte/...), snippets/each blocks/etc can have their own state: svelte.dev/playground/a... 1120118
Reposted by @shivan.xyzIlja @fubits.dev · 30/05/2026Look at what new "minor" feature Svelte 5.56.0 just introduced ... 🤯 Release: svelte-changelog.dev/package/svel... PR: github.com/sveltejs/sve... REPL: svelte.dev/playground/9...svelte-changelog.devsvelte | Svelte ChangelogA nice UI to stay up-to-date with Svelte releases 5183
shivan.xyz @shivan.xyz · 30/05/2026My goal is to once a week write up and video something interesting I learn. Here is a small write-up on defining CSS colours and theming. shivan.xyz/posts/theming 100
shivan.xyz @shivan.xyz · 29/05/2026Here I want to demonstrate the benefit of `oklch` vs `hsl`. Each row is supposed to demonstrate the same applied "lightness". Is it obvious that for one swatch, the perceived brightness varies (hsl), but in the other it seems quite consistent (oklch)? 200
shivan.xyz @shivan.xyz · 24/05/2026I am starting to write content and make short videos on things I learn in the dev space. They aren't particularly difficult or "interesting" topics so I wonder if it's still worth sharing these things or is it a waste of time? 000
shivan.xyz @shivan.xyz · 24/05/2026Date ranges with `Intl` are so cool! Even comes with different locales too. 160
Reposted by @shivan.xyzKoda (Regular Edition) @kodadocked.weaselware.app · 16/05/2026Making a mobile & desktop web app! Making a suite of tools to help with interpersonal communication for families/households/couples. Super happy how it's coming along. 100% made from scratch, no frameworks used (other than Svelte) Also hire me! Please! I paid good money for this degree! Lol 021
shivan.xyz @shivan.xyz · 16/05/2026getRequestEvent in SvleteKit is really cool! svelte.dev/docs/kit/$ap... 040
shivan.xyz @shivan.xyz · 14/05/2026Wrote short post on logging in SvelteKit :) Also, discusses AsyncLocalStorage and come cool things in SvelteKit. shivan.xyz/posts/loggingshivan.xyzLogging in SvelteKitAn example of logging in SvelteKit as well as the wonders of AsyncLocalStorage 1142
shivan.xyz @shivan.xyz · 12/05/2026Discovered AsyncLocalStorage and getRequestEvent from SvelteKit today. 010
shivan.xyz @shivan.xyz · 04/05/2026I'm wondering what logging library do you use with svelte? We use Sentry logging and it's node console integration. 000
shivan.xyz @shivan.xyz · 03/05/2026I love logging onto svelte bluesky. I learn so many svelte tips and up to date svelte features 0120
Reposted by @shivan.xyzScott Spence @scottspence.dev · 03/05/2026If you want to see it in action see: sveltekit-query-live.ss10.devsveltekit-query-live.ss10.devLive Wikimedia edits · SvelteKit query.liveA SvelteKit query.live demo streaming Wikimedia recent changes in real time. 5445
shivan.xyz @shivan.xyz · 07/04/2026Been a while and having posted in a while. But I wanted to share this. I've been working on my blog site (using SvelteKit as an SSG) and implemented: - view transitions - search for my posts using fuse.js 130
shivan.xyz @shivan.xyz · 04/02/2026Hi all, is there a bug in decompression/compression streaming on all browsers at the moment? 000
shivan.xyz @shivan.xyz · 25/01/2026Hello friends, I know it depends... But I prefer using `rem` for units instead of `em` for CSS units. The reason is that I want most sizing to be relative to the font-size in root. LLMs seem to lean towards using `em`. Any ideas? 101
shivan.xyz @shivan.xyz · 18/01/2026I am excited to announce that I successfully migrated my website from Hugo to SvelteKit (SSG) !!! 🎉 I loved using Hugo, but I'm a lot more comfortable with SvelteKit. I also used `opencode `AI tooling, not to write the code, but for some prompting help. 090
shivan.xyz @shivan.xyz · 10/01/2026Any student pilots out there? Today, I tried flying in challenging conditions but flew one circuit, then announced a full stop. I was thinking I should he pushing myself, but on the other hand I don't want to ruin my confidence. I hope I made the right decision. 110
shivan.xyz @shivan.xyz · 08/01/2026TIL `<hgroup>` is used to group heading content together, for example blog title, author, date etc. developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/W...developer.mozilla.org<hgroup>: The Heading Group element - HTML | MDNThe <hgroup> HTML element represents a heading and related content. It groups a single <h1>–<h6> element with one or more <p>. 100
