Ken Kunz

@kenthropic.com

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kenthropic.com creating software for humans 👨‍💻 @svelte.dev ambassador | svelte chicago co-organizer 🌃 purveyor of high-concept mischief 🎭

Event graphic for Svelte Chicago, May 27th 2026 at 5:30pm CT. Title: "What's New in Svelte, 2026: query.live and friends." Background: Marina City towers along the Chicago River at sunset. Sponsored by Storyblok.
Svelte Chicago February 2026 meetup promotional image with Chicago skyline at sunset. Shows event date February 24th at 5:30pm CT, featuring Job Search Panel Discussion and Open Mic Lightning Talks. Sponsored by Storyblok.
Screenshot of Gruber's text about prioritizing "whether you can read text against the background" - from daringfireball.net which uses user-scalable=no to prevent zooming
Screenshot of TanStack Query documentation website showing the framework selector dropdown with Svelte selected and checked, alongside other framework options including React, Vue, Angular, and Solid. The page displays the overview section for @tanstack/svelte-query package with code example.
Bearded prophet Rich Harris wandering among the animals, bringing tidings of async components.
Svelte Chicago meetup flyer: November 18th, 5:30pm CT. Features talk on Building Culturally Grounded AI with SvelteKit. Chicago skyline at sunset background.
llama.cpp WebUI interface showing chat window with Qwen3 VL 30B model loaded, displaying clean minimal design with text input, file attachments, and voice input support
Screenshot of State of JavaScript Survey question regarding types: How would you like to see types implemented natively in JavaScript? • Runtime types: Types that are parsed at runtime by the browser. • Type annotations: Compiler-level TypeScript-like type annotations that get stripped during bundling. • JSDoc-like types: JSDoc-like types written as code comments. • I would not like to see them implemented • Other…
Rich Harris receiving bouquet of balloons from Lumon Industries on stage at Svelte Summit.
Example Svelte component using hscrpt preprocessor syntax
Svelte Chicago September 2025 meetup promotional image with Chicago skyline at sunset. Event details show September 30th at 5:30pm CT, hosted at 8th Light at 25 E Washington St. Format includes Show & Tell and Svelte Q&A. Sponsored by Storyblok. Photo credit: Max Bender on Unsplash.
Doorbell camera footage showing woodpecker ringing doorbell, "knocking," then flying away. Homeowner opens door moments later, finds Amazon package, looks around bewildered searching for vanished delivery person.
Man at front door looking around puzzled, searching empty suburban landscape for missing delivery person. Amazon package on doorstep.
Screenshot of two Bluesky posts discussing framework differences. The first post by rich harris mentions using 'await' without boilerplate and criticizes 'tearing-by-default.' The second post by Adam Rackis questions where the tearing occurs in the Solid version.
A golden-brown tortilla española on a white plate, sitting on a red and white checkered tablecloth. The thick Spanish potato omelet has a beautifully cooked surface with characteristic wrinkles and golden coloring.
Venn-pie chart showing TypeScript development time: two overlapping 90% sections labeled 'working code' and 'type checker STFU', with most of the circle showing blended colors representing simultaneous effort on both tasks.
Finite state machine diagram showing animation states for Lumon's Macrodata Refinement interface. Shows transitions between states like 'ready', 'opening bin', 'filling bin', and 'closing bin' with labeled transition events.
Bright yellow slime mold with branching networks spreading across a surface, showing brown secretions typical of an active organism.
GitHub commit history showing Rich Harris's debugging journey from "debug windows nonsense" through frustrated messages like "gah", "wtaf", "come ON" to final success: "fucking FINALLY" ✓
Please try to enjoy each section equally.
Ken Kunz presents Rich Harris with a bouquet of balloons at Svelte Summit in Barcelona.
Code sample follows pattern of original post with additional test cases demonstrating `100 == box` and `box == 100` while `box != boxSame`.
Photo of Ken Kunz and Rich Harris; Rich holds a bouquet of balloons bearing his likeness in miniature.
3 lb of Yukon Gold potatoes evenly sliced 1/8” thick with chef’s knife.
A squirrel frolicking about in a bed of mulch.
Debugging Lumon MDR interface with animated borders
Code sample – append new notification.