Rich Harris
Svelte and Rollup Creator
Biography
Rich Harris created Svelte and Rollup, both of which have significantly influenced frontend development. He now works at Vercel.
Daily Work
- Leading Svelte development at Vercel
- Designing compiler optimizations
- Working on SvelteKit
- Speaking about frontend architecture
Challenges
“Svelte challenges assumptions about how frameworks should work. Compiling away the framework itself was controversial but effective.”
Impact
Svelte has influenced how we think about frontend frameworks, and Rollup powers many JavaScript build processes.