I wonder if we are starting to see the initial symptoms of a future exodus. Exodus where though? I don't think Svelte is that place.

> I don't think Svelte is that place.

How come? I'm fine working with either React or Svelte, but I prefer Svelte's simplicity and small bundle size. What would be a good React alternative that is not Svelte?

azangru

- Svelte seems to have a bit of a problem with large bundle sizes: https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/issues/2546#issuecomment-...

- Svelte might feel (it does to me at least; although I haven't really worked much with it) a bit too magical. In React, you are explicit about the fact that you want to change your variables and how exactly you want to change them (Rich Harris seems to think that such explicitness is excessive verbosity); while in Svelte you just change a value inline, then boom magic happens. It may be a leap forward, like JSX once was; but it also has an uncomfortable feel to it.

erokar

- The large bundle sizes were recently addressed here. It doesn't seem to be a problem in practice: https://github.com/halfnelson/svelte-it-will-scale

- You could perfectly fine write update functions á la React for your component state if that is what you prefer. Personally I don't feel that's necessary and prefer Svelte's direct way.