Delaney Gillilan
Engineer and creator of Datastar with a background in game and low-level performance engineering; focused on building a backend-driven, high-performance web framework and its small JavaScript shim.
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Feb 21, 2026 • 1h 17min
#537: Datastar: Modern web dev, simplified
Chris May, a Django developer and advocate who demos Datastar apps. Ben Croker, core maintainer focused on SDKs and docs. Delaney Gillilan, creator with a background in game and performance engineering. They discuss a tiny backend-driven framework that replaces HTMX+Alpine, server-sent-events for real-time streaming, multiplayer collaborative state, ultra-low-latency performance, and the design/philosophy behind Datastar.
