We discuss how Datastar helps you build reactive web applications with the simplicity of server-side rendering and the power of a full-stack SPA framework.
Delaney exposes Alien Signals—not so extraterrestrial after all
Delaney reveals how he made signals in Datastar 60x faster than the fastest JS signals frameworks!!Benchmark results using “molBench”:FRAMEWORK TIME (lower is better)Alien Signals: 421.80Datastar: 6.80Preact Signals: 415.70SolidJS: 521.00Svelte v5: 435.80
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48:58
Immutability & Event Sourcing
Ben and Delaney discuss beta 8, immutability, and event sourcing.https://data-star.dev/
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1:06:13
Idiomorph with Micah
Delaney and Micah Geisel discuss Idiomorph, the morphing library Datastar uses and Micah actively maintains.https://data-star.dev/Idiomorph: https://github.com/bigskysoftware/idiomorphMicah on GitHub: https://github.com/botandrose
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39:37
Getting to grips with Datastar
Ben and Lazarus discuss the real-time chat application that Lazarus built, PHP quirks, and getting to grips with Datastar.hx-pod: https://hx-pod.transistor.fm/Demo app: https://hypecp.com/waveSimple, Lovable, Complete: https://blog.crisp.se/2016/01/25/henrikkniberg/making-sense-of-mvp
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1:22:44
Tuning the engine; Idiomorph; Pub/Sub; NATS
Ben and Delaney discuss what happened when injecting nitrous into the engine, DOM morphing strategies, pub/sub messaging systems and NATS.https://data-star.dev/Build for the Web, Build on the Web, Build with the Web: https://csswizardry.com/2025/01/build-for-the-web-build-on-the-web-build-with-the-web/NATS: https://nats.io/NATS by Example: https://natsbyexample.com/
We discuss how Datastar helps you build reactive web applications with the simplicity of server-side rendering and the power of a full-stack SPA framework.
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