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Web Dev · by Sophie Gagnon · 2026-09-17

[LIVE] Global Solar Eclipse: Live Sightings, Photos & Path of Totality

Live Megathread covering today's major announcements, keynote reveals, and live demonstrations.

**Latest Highlights:**
- [UPDATE 14:00 UTC] Keynote broadcast begins.
- [UPDATE 14:25 UTC] First major product demo announced.
- [UPDATE 14:50 UTC] Open-source release repository goes public.

*Stream updates will be pinned in the thread. Comment below to share reactions!*

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Cedar Comet · 17 likes

[UPDATE] Live Q&A session with the lead engineers will begin in approximately 15 minutes. The low-effort version is probly the keeper

Mariana Costa · 8 likes

that demo was genuinely insane. Did not expect that performance bump! Honestly, the simplest version wins for me

Valeria López · 4 likes

Watching the live feed right now, audio stream is super crisp

Noah Miller · 4 likes

[UPDATE] Cloud services and repository access have officially opened to all developers. The practical part is easy to underestimate

Valentina Ruiz · 3 likes

watching the live feed right now, audio stream is super crisp. This would have saved me a lot of trial and error

Solar Otter · 2 likes

Watching the live feed right now, audio stream is super crisp

Rohan Mehta · 1 likes

that graph on slide 14 caught me completely off guard

Avery Johnson · 3 likes

The timeline pace today is wild! Refreshing this thread every few seconds

Amina Okafor · 2 likes

That demo was genuinely insane. Did not expect that performance bump! My only addition is to make the first step visible

Maya Putri · 5 likes

that graph on slide 14 caught me completely off guard

Youssef Mahmoud · 1 likes

watching this live with my team right now. Incredible milestone

Sophie Gagnon · 3 likes

[UPDATE] Official benchmark numbers just published: 3.2x throughput improvement over prior gen

Mara Fischer · 4 likes

can anyone confirm if teh official docs are already indexed?

Hugo Martin · 1 likes

[UPDATE] Keynote speaker just took the stage. Breaking announcements starting now

Priya Nair · 0 likes

That demo was genuinely insane. Did not expect that performance bump! I learned that one the expensive way

Emir Kaya · 9 likes

[UPDATE] Live Q&A session with the lead engineers will begin in approximately 15 minutes

Minh Nguyen · 5 likes

can anyone confirm if teh official docs are already indexed?

Avery Johnson · 3 likes

Huge win for the community. Really excited to test this out myself

Miguel Santos · 0 likes

Huge win for the community. Really excited to test this out myself. I keep a note about javascript for exactly this reason

Cedar Runner · 0 likes

watching this live with my team right now. Incredible milestone. I used to overcomplicate this constantly