Comment by sxiao
5 years ago
> The governance of Svelte isn't changing
This is the standard narrative when OSS contributors got hired but ok, I'd write the same.
But then just tell us what was the motivation of Vercel's shareholders and CEO to acquire Rich for such a high price (he is the compensation and ESOP you pay absolutely worth) but what's your gain? "Just supporting Rich and helping the project grow" or just buying him out of the market?
On a high level: if Svelte succeeds, the Web succeeds and Vercel succeeds.
More concretely: we want Rich to help shape Vercel's support for frameworks as an open platform. We want to hear how, as a framework creator, the platform can best serve him. We project this work will have ripple effects like making Astro or Remix better on Vercel, or the next framework you invent. You'll hear about this work soon.
We want to hear what edge infrastructure would make Svelte the fastest for developers and visitors. We want to also help him build a better Svelte by connecting him with customers who are betting on it in production. We want to learn from his DX expertise so that we can make better products.
We are very excited about this and we think betting on Open Source for the SDK together with an Open Platform for infrastructure is the only way to succeed in our space.