May 2026
SWC vs Oxc: transform speed and TypeScript type-stripping fidelity
Oxc’s headline speed advantage over SWC is real, but most of the published numbers are dev-mode numbers with sourcemaps disabled — and the moment you turn.
Inside SvelteKit preload functions and router prefetch latency
SvelteKit preloading reduces perceived navigation delay by starting route code imports and load work before the click finishes.
The mental model for ES Modules’ live bindings versus CommonJS value copies
By Kwame Osei An ESM import statement does not give you a variable — it gives you a read-only alias bound through a getter into the exporting module’s.