I love the hands-on developer experience of programming in Svelte. But since we're in October of 2026 I have to ask, is the vibe-coding experience in Svelte any different than in React? Can anyone with experience in both comment?
I would have said no different. I've always loved Svelte and the amazing dev-experience and perf was worth the smaller ecosystem. Models were very good at it, I was happy.
Then I got a model to one-shot a React+Shadcn project. It just knew what to do. Every detail was perfect. I couldn't find a single thing to complain about, I didn't chase any bugs.
I still think svelte is the better technology and developer experience (if you're coding by hand). But the React+LLM experience was amazing. Hoping models close the gap fully so I can stay w Svelte -- I do still like reading and tweaking the code.
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Then I got a model to one-shot a React+Shadcn project. It just knew what to do. Every detail was perfect. I couldn't find a single thing to complain about, I didn't chase any bugs.
I still think svelte is the better technology and developer experience (if you're coding by hand). But the React+LLM experience was amazing. Hoping models close the gap fully so I can stay w Svelte -- I do still like reading and tweaking the code.