Macrodata Refinement with Ken Kunz

Macrodata Refinement with Ken Kunz

From Svelte Radio by Kevin Åberg Kultalahti

October 23, 2025 · 1h 5m · Episode 85

About this episode

Ken Kunz discusses his journey with Svelte and his experiences in building financial applications.

In this episode of Svelte Radio, Ken Kunz joins the hosts to discuss his journey with Svelte, from discovering it through Rich Harris's "Rethinking Reactivity" talk to building complex financial applications. Ken shares his experience working on Trading Strategy, a decentralized finance platform, and the challenges of implementing sophisticated charting solutions. The conversation also covers Ken's memorable Svelte Summit talk where he recreated the Macrodata Refinement interface from the TV show Severance, complete with props and staying in character throughout. The episode touches on testing philosophies, state management with his library Svelte- FSM , and the newly launched Svelte Society Chicago chapter . Notes Trading Strategy LayerChart TradingView Lightweight Chart xstate svelte-fsm Talk Runed Macrodata Refinement Talk GitHub Repo Website Bert B's Svelte Summit Talk Svelte Chicago Picks Kevin: Zen Browser Zed Zod Antony: n8n Active Pieces Brittney: Tab Groups! Ken: Rock Climbing! Brene Brown

People in this episode

Host: Kevin Åberg Kultalahti

Guest: Ken Kunz

Topics covered

  • Svelte
  • decentralized finance
  • charting solutions
  • testing philosophies
  • state management
  • Svelte Summit

Keywords

  • Svelte
  • decentralized finance
  • Trading Strategy
  • charting solutions
  • Svelte- FSM
  • Svelte Summit
  • Macrodata Refinement

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Svelte Society Chicago, Trading Strategy, Svelte- FSM

Books & works: Severance

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