In "Building with Stencil: Clock Component," Kevin Hoyt explores the process of creating a clock component using Stencil and scalable vector graphics (SVG), which highlights aspects of the platform's functionality and design flexibility. The walkthrough details the construction of the clock face and hands, emphasizing SVG's ability to maintain quality at various scales and how the hands are animated based on the user's system time. Hoyt explains the technical steps involved, including converting time into decimal form for degree calculation, and discusses the use of JavaScript's `window.requestAnimationFrame()` for smooth animation synchronization with the screen's refresh rate. The post contrasts this method with alternatives like CSS animations and `setInterval()`, noting the advantages of the chosen approach in terms of performance and maintainability. Additionally, Hoyt reflects on different implementation choices, encouraging a balance between design complexity and simplicity, and provides resources for further exploration, such as a GitHub repository with the complete code and a live example.