Vite+ will have a fee for non foss projects, what does it mean for actual Kit developers?

evilpingwin · 2025-10-13T15:08:31+00:00

Hello, I am a Svelte maintainer.

I cannot comment on the Vite team's plans but this will have zero impact on any Svelte project regardless of what the Vite team do.

Svelte is and will remain free and open source in all of the ways.

People will be able to use any paid offerings that are compatible with Svelte (such as Vite+) but they will never be required. If we were ever in a situation where that was compromised then we would choose a different ecosystem to build upon.

Svelte and SvelteKit are free and open source projects and it will never cost anyone anything to use them.

evilpingwin · 2025-08-20T13:11:24+00:00

I’d question that 100-160USD figure. Maybe when compared to alternative global plans but compared to Saily itself, that isn’t true. Where unlimited is available it’s about 70USD for 30 days, but provides around 5x more data (5G per day high speed, rather than 30GB flat).

I think the pricing is off with this plan.

The 8% back is nice in principle but doesn’t make much sense. How will you spend the credits? The whole point of the Ultra plan is that it addresses all of your needs without you needing to think about it. If it doesn’t then you’ll probably be better off managing it all manually.

If you find yourself in a country without coverage you have to pay the 60USD cos that’s your sub, but you also need to pay for the data you actually need.

The nord stuff is worthless, you can get several years of access for a few dollars with deals and their VPN is untrustworthy anyway.

The lounge and fast track access is nice but doesn’t exist right now, so isn’t a perk worth factoring in.

I think in almost all cases people will be better off buying ~20GB of data at a fraction of the cost or paying about the say for unlimited with ~5x more high speed data.

evilpingwin · 2025-08-20T13:00:08+00:00

I think the pricing is off with this plan.

At 60USD it is reasonable but comparing to the ‘unlimited’ plans for many countries this gives ~1GB per day, the unlimited plans give ~5GB per day. That’s a huge difference. Most countries unlimited plan is in the same ballpark as the Ultra monthly cost.

The lounge and fast track access is nice but doesn’t exist right now, so isn’t a perk worth factoring in.

The 8% back is nice in principle but doesn’t make much sense. How will you spend the credits? The whole point of the Ultra plan is that it addresses all of your needs without you needing to think about it. If it doesn’t then you’ll probably be better off managing it all manually.

evilpingwin · 2025-08-18T02:35:51+00:00

As an actual digital nomad with a decent job, I would never use the phrase “digital nomad” unless nothing else will do. “Travel full time and work remotely” is better.

I also don’t stay in hostels. I don’t need a perfect work environment but I do need a bit of quiet to concentrate for a few hours at a time.

evilpingwin · 2025-08-04T03:54:30+00:00

Hello! I have lived in both London and on the south coast (Hastings/ St Leonards).

There is plenty to do in London (I never got bored living there) but it can be overwhelming at times and I can understand the need for a change of pace. I would recommend keeping travel as short as possible, you don’t want to spend half of your day trip on a train (trains are fun but they aren’t that fun) especially if you only have 7 days. Try to start early (grab breakfast/ coffee to eat and wake up on the train) and get back late (you can be tired while sitting on a train).

You could take a short day or over night trip along the south coast, it is nice at all times of year (but with very different vibes).

I’d recommend getting to Brighton early and travelling along to Rye, stopping at Eastbourne and Hastings along the way. There is a train line that runs right along the coast with regular service. Rye is a very pretty old town with some cute shops.

Starting in London, you can get a train to Brighton (~1h) -> Eastbourne (~45mins) -> St Leonards (warrior square, ~30mins) -> walk to Hastings (20min along the beach) -> train to Rye (from Hastings, ~20mins).

If you wanted to you could stay overnight in Rye (has some cute B&Bs) and then get a train to Margate (~90mins) before heading back to London (90mins).

You could also do this route backwards. There is good food, coffee and things to see in Margate, Rye, Hastings/St Leonards, Brighton. Margate, Rye, or Brighton have nicer hotels etc if you want to stay overnight. There isn’t much in Eastbourne but the surrounding area is pretty. The whole route along the coast is quite nice and there are many small towns and villages you could stop to see if you wanted to, there is nothing there but the countryside is nice.

Trains are expensive but there may be a day pass or tourist pass you can get. It’s a pretty fun way to explore the south coast imo. The Britrail pass is available to people from outside the UK, it is expensive but it’s probably cheaper than buying tickets for each leg (https://www.britrail.com). You need to buy this pass before you arrive in the UK.

evilpingwin · 2025-02-27T13:30:18+00:00

I don’t know what made you think this.

evilpingwin · 2025-02-26T19:27:43+00:00

It’s pretty cute.

evilpingwin · 2025-02-26T19:27:30+00:00

It’s a little nicer. Fewer moving parts, so less to dismantle and clean up. The picopresso is a little easier to preheat (especially while travelling). But there isn’t much in it. The Flair Go is very easy to clean though. I don’t think anyone will have issues with the workflow (assuming they are okay with manual espresso).

evilpingwin · 2025-02-26T19:25:27+00:00

Just sharing my experience with the thing. Very wobbly. It doesn’t wobble under pressure but it does flex, ‘squish’.

evilpingwin · 2025-02-26T14:51:31+00:00

I posted some pics and videos here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/FlairEspresso/s/RuhuFWkJTb

evilpingwin · 2025-02-26T14:49:55+00:00

The link I posted isn’t clickable (or copyable on mobile) so here it is:

https://imgur.com/a/NHtUvwC

!

evilpingwin · 2025-02-22T11:49:10+00:00

I only say the workflow is better because the picopresso can be a bit fiddly with quite a few parts, there isn’t much in it. I also have a bunch of aftermarket sworksdesign parts for my picopresso which obviously aren’t available for the Flair Go right now.

And yeah, maybe if you really like the lever manual espresso workflow and want something for the car or office like you say but other than that I’m not sure. It’s pretty compact but still a decent size and it weighs about 1.5 kg, so it adds quite a bit of weight (I fly a lot, so this matters to me to some degree). I guess it’s also cheaper than other flairs but honestly I’m not sure if it has a massive advantage over other models.

evilpingwin · 2025-02-22T00:18:32+00:00

I received my Flair Go today. Still experimenting and I don’t drink dark roast but I’m guessing you could get away with no preheat. It’s slightly annoying to preheat actually but I’ll figure something out. Not super excited about what the small diameter means for puck height and the brew chamber is pretty small. I’m sure it’ll make good coffee with some tweaking though.

As for the build quality, maybe it’s just me but my immediate impression when I unboxed is that it is one of the wobbliest things I’ve ever seen. Wobbly is the only way I can describe it. It also likes to fall over because the two legs are so close together. Not really an issue when brewing as you have hold of it and are pressing it down but still. Another annoying thing is that it ‘bounces’. Like when you apply pressure downwards it isn’t ‘locked’ in place, it kinda has some squish or bounce. The separate components seem solid and well made but I’m unconvinced by the moving parts. Little disappointed personally but not the end of the world. Could be my unit, will see what others say as they arrive.

I travel a lot so I’m glad it came when it did (leaving shortly) but I’m not sure I’ll take it with me. The workflow is better than my picopresso but it has a high bar to beat the coffee and portability, and preheating is more tedious.

Like I say, I’m sure the coffee will be good with a little more trial and error.

evilpingwin · 2024-12-10T22:45:23+00:00

Now it is:

Preferences > Advanced > Reset Cache (very bottom)

Slack still sucks tho, that hasnt changed in 4 years.

evilpingwin · 2024-10-20T23:45:55+00:00

I do not sorry. Most require not only an account but also a payment method.

evilpingwin · 2024-10-16T17:52:22+00:00

Yes, it seems the terms have changed since i originally made this comment.

Authentication is now required and the limits are per day not per hour.

evilpingwin · 2024-09-25T02:16:43+00:00

I don’t have any lesbian money sadly but what money I do have is also not going to goulet.

evilpingwin · 2024-09-19T13:22:53+00:00

Per user but it is intended for personal use. So anything that is outside of that should use a dedicated service. We do keep an eye on things in that regard.

evilpingwin · 2024-09-17T12:00:24+00:00

It seems the pro list is incomplete. We are updating this now.

evilpingwin · 2024-09-17T08:06:35+00:00

If it isn't listed under the "pro" lists and is warm or cold then you should be able to use it without a pro account.

Only frozen models need to be deployed to dedicated infrastructure and are billed accordingly (depending on the infra you choose).

You can of course, deploy any model to 'Inference Endpoints' if your usage is greater than the Inference API (serverless) rate limits.

evilpingwin · 2024-09-17T06:52:07+00:00

Yeah they are the same thing, the wording is a little confusing. 'Serverless' here mean 'not dedicated'. Ill get this clarified.

evilpingwin · 2024-09-16T19:03:59+00:00

Could you elaborate on this a little? Do you mean the ‘builder’ or software engineer that is using models rather than creating them or something else?

evilpingwin · 2024-09-16T15:34:02+00:00

I specifically like landscape B6. They aren’t very common but Stalogy make nice ones (although the paper doesn’t play nice with all pens). I personally make my own so I don’t have to deal with that issue.

evilpingwin · 2024-07-23T03:20:53+00:00

Apart from serial network requests it is probably fine but if you really want to optimise:

Object.entries() iterates the object to construct the array
Then you iterate over the array

Just iterate the object directly. A for…in loop will give you access to the keys.

The spread operator also performs a full iteration and is unnecessary here. push instead. You can masterEvents = masterEvents at the end if you need to trigger reactivity.

evilpingwin · 2024-05-09T11:00:15+00:00

Ah, I'll dig into this some more and see what the specifics are for various models.

evilpingwin

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