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ChatGPT eCommerce Apps with Shopify

ChatGPT’s Shopify integration enables in-chat shopping, but merchants lose control over branding, data, and margins. This article introduces an SDK for building custom ChatGPT shopping assistants with full ownership and zero commission.

ChatGPT now has native Shopif...

Running Efficient Meetups: A Practical Guide for Stronger Tech Communities

Meetups are one of the most powerful ways to bring people together, share knowledge, and strengthen community bonds, but a great meetup doesn’t happen by accident; it’s the result of thoughtful planning, consistent communication, and a deep understanding of what your audience values, and whether...

React Server Components: The Next Evolution in Web Development

React Server Components (RSC) represent one of the most significant advancements in the React ecosystem since its initial release. Introduced with React 18, RSC provides an innovative solution for optimizing performance and improving developer experience in modern web applications.

React Query: The Modern Solution for Managing Server State in React Applications

React Query is a powerful open-source library designed for managing server state in React applications. It streamlines data fetching, caching, and synchronization, addressing the complexities associated with handling asynchronous data in modern web development. Notable for its ability to simplify these processes compared to traditional state management solutions like Redux, React Query has gained widespread adoption among developers for enhancing the efficiency and performance of applications reliant on API interactions.

Explore what's new in the 2024 editions of JSNation and React Summit!

JSNation and React Summit are the key JavaScript and React conferences of the year, expecting over 3K attendees, featuring 110+ speakers, and offering 15+ Free and PRO workshops altogether...

Spanish translations for 2000+ React and JavaScript talks from GitNation

GitNation, known for organizing JavaScript and React conferences, has rolled out significant updates to its video platform. These new features are designed to improve content accessibility and discoverability for developers worldwide and marks the start of ongoing localisation efforts with more l...

2000+ grabaciones de conferencias React y JavaScript en español por GitNation

GitNation, conocida por organizar conferencias de JavaScript y React, ha implementado importantes actualizaciones en su plataforma de video. Estas nuevas características están diseñadas para mejorar la accesibilidad y la capacidad de descubrimiento de contenido para desarrolladores en todo el mun...

Shawn Swyx Wang's career tips: Knowing how to market yourself is not scammy

As it is with many developers, his path to coding was not straightforward. And looking at Shawn's bio, it's apparent he applied that experience to his whole career: he's the head of developer experience at Temporal.io, author of a bestselling book on progressing career in IT, and a sought-aft...

Career tips by Tomasz Łakomy: I strive to challenge myself as often as I can

Speakers are not made — they are born out of circumstances. And Tomasz is a perfect example of a self-starter who rose to the occasion. “I started at local meetups and climbed my way up to bigger and bigger events,” he says, nodding at the fact that he's now also a seasoned instructor revolut...

Lee Robinson's career advice: My golden rule to success is being helpful

Developer, writer, creator, says the headline of Lee’s site, a front-end developer with 10k YouTube subscribers and 5k newsletter followers. Today an internationally recognized speaker and author of extensive courses on Re...

Charlie Gerard's Career Advice: Be intentional about how you spend your time and effort

When it comes to career, Charlie has one trick: to focus. But that doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t try different things — currently a senior front-end developer at Netlify, she is also a sought-after speaker, mentor, and a machine learni...

Emma Bostian: I landed my dream job by sharing my blogs on Twitter

Software engineer, lecturer, podcast host, author — is there something Emma Bostian hasn't done? She moved from America to Sweden, started working at Spotify, and took up a few challenges along the way. And now she has some career tips to share.

What led you to...

Kent C. Dodds: Consume, build, and teach — and level up your career

Even though his bio offers quite a hefty reading, he only applied for one job in his career. The rest came along as he was building his name as a renowned speaker, teacher, and a prolific figure of the open-source community. How did Kent do it? “Commit to creating high-quality content,” he sa...

React Table Libraries: A Deep Dive into Modern Data Grid Solutions

React Table Libraries empower developers to implement powerful data grids with essential features like filtering, sorting, and pagination in React applications. This article serves as your gateway to expert knowledge from GitNation's conference talks, where industry leaders share practical implementation strategies and cutting-edge patterns for data table components.

Catalin Pit: Each time I learn something new, I write an article about it

He turned a successful blog into a thriving YouTube channel, a newsletter with thousands of subscribers, and a great online presence. “I owe a significant part of my career to content creation and social media,” says Catalin Pit in his interview with GitNation.

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Top ideas

How does Svelte handle reactivity differently from other frameworks?

Svelte uses compiler augmented reactivity and runes to manage reactivity at the language level, allowing for fine-grained control and efficient state updates without an explicit framework API.

What are the main challenges modern developers face in software development?

Modern developers need to consider multiple aspects such as DevOps, architecture, security, and more, as they take on a variety of tasks due to the shift-left movement.

Why is the new event loop important in React Native?

The new event loop is important because it enables synchronous updates and access to layout information, making React Native behave more like React DOM and improving performance by reducing UI flickers and inconsistencies.

What types of state are best managed by Redux?

Redux is best suited for managing state that is needed by multiple components, state that needs to persist beyond the lifecycle of a single component, and state where it is beneficial to have a clear history of actions and updates. It is less suitable for managing local component state or form state.

What are progressive web apps (PWAs) and their potential impact?

PWAs aim to bridge web and mobile experiences by offering deeper engagement features like push notifications and home screen icons, contingent on initial web experience quality.

Are there any downsides to using React Compiler?

Nadia found that React Compiler might not catch every re-render, especially with external libraries or complex legacy code. It may not handle cases where code isn't fine-tuned for memoization.

What is the potential future of React Server Components in mobile applications?

The future involves experimental and perhaps production implementations of React Server Components in mobile applications. This development could lead to faster updates, smaller application sizes, and more dynamic content delivery.

Is React.js suitable for SEO?

React.js can be optimized for SEO with techniques like server-side rendering (SSR) using frameworks like Next.js.

Why is it important to understand architectural characteristics?

Understanding architectural characteristics, such as security requirements and latency, is essential for designing a system that meets specific business needs and operational constraints.

What is the main advantage of React.js?

The main advantage of React.js is its ability to efficiently update and render just the right components in response to data changes.

Deep Dives

Deep Dive: Growing to Tech Lead

Growing to Tech Lead

This Deep Dive covers all the aspects of Software Engineer's growth into Tech Lead and Staff positions. Learn directly from distinguished engineers which foundational hard and soft skills you must invest in to accelerate carreer growth.

Become an irreplaceble engineer - attend events, discussions and workshops throughout the year together with your peers and field experts.

Talk: 5 Tough Conversations Managers Need to Have
Talk: Leadership Insights From Growing 2X in 8 Months
Talk: How AI is Impacting Engineering Leadership
Talk: Staying Human in the Age of AI: What Tech Leaders Need to Preserve
Talk: Thinking Like an Architect

... and 10 more talks and workshops

Deep Dive: AI Assisted Coding

AI Assisted Coding

Learn how to navigate rapidly evolving evolution of developer tools supercharged by AI instruments. From writing efficient prompts, to delegating work via agents and automated code reviews.

Follow this Deep Dive to see what the most productive teams and developers are using in practice and how to apply this in your daily tasks.

Talk: Design to Code Using a Custom Design System with AI
Talk: The AI-Native Software Engineer
Talk: Sub Agent Context Sharing: How to Enable Effective Sub Agents for Coding
Workshop: Advanced Claude Code Techniques: Agentic Engineering With Context Driven Development
Workshop: Model Context Protocol (MCP) Deep Dive: 2-Hour Interactive Workshop

... and 11 more talks and workshops

Deep Dive: Mastering Full-stack

Mastering Full-stack

With an increasing demand for Software Engineers capable of solving a wider array of tasks, it's crucial to quickly adapt to changing landspace and cover Full-stack fundamentals.

Every year we see more developers identifying themselves as Full-stack, learn what real-life practitioners are focusing in their roles and focus on what's important.

This Deep Dives explores everchanging role of a Full-stack developer in the age of AI assisted development.

Talk: React Server Components in Kubernetes: Ship Happens
Talk: Node.js: More Threads Than You Think
Talk: What Happens When an AI Has Access to a Node.js Environment? Spoiler: Wild Things
Talk: Meta Framework for Kubernetes: TypeScript Meets Cluster Control
Workshop: Exploring Server Side Rendering

... and 15 more talks and workshops

AI Coding Summit 2026

127 min

Advanced Claude Code Techniques for 2026

Workshop

Cole Medin

Cole will walk through his agentic coding workflow that allows him to delegate all coding to the agent while still keeping him in the driver's seat (no vibe coding!). The key is to create a structured approach for both the up front planning and the validation - and he'll demonstrate what that loo...

best practices

Why Software Engineering Is Becoming: Plan and Review

AI Coding Summit 2026

18 min

Why Software Engineering Is Becoming: Plan and Review

Louis Knight-Webb

Vibe Kanban

Louis from Vibe Kanban discusses optimizing workflows for software engineers with coding agents, focusing on planning and review. Leveraging AI tools like GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT can enhance productivity by reallocating time effectively. Reflecting on time saved by AI, the focus is on optimizing planning and reviewing to boost productivity. Emphasizing detailed planning processes and effective use of AI coding agents to ensure successful outcomes. Simplifying reviewing processes to save time and enhance productivity through efficient code review. Leveraging Codex and Claude coding agents for efficient code review to optimize time and workflow. Minimizing time spent on code review by providing feedback to coding agents within the editor, working on multiple tasks in parallel, and automating tasks requested by AI for enhanced productivity.

code generation

How I Build Web Applications in 2026

AI Coding Summit 2026

31 min

How I Build Web Applications in 2026

Kent C. Dodds

Creator of EpicWeb.dev, EpicReact.Dev, TestingJavaScript.com

Kent C. Dodds discusses building web applications in 2026, highlighting the importance of user experience and challenges in offline video downloads. Recent AI advancements in the Epic Workshop app enable offline video downloads with features like bulk downloads and quality control. Efficient AI agent management using agents like Cursor transforms workflow. Leveraging Laravel and Ruby on Rails, Ask Mode enhances project understanding by communicating with AI agents. Emphasizing clear task scoping, iterative planning, and agent feedback improves project development. Utilizing MCP tools and agent workflow, including BugBot for code review, optimizes app development. Closing the agent loop and emphasizing architecture's role in utilizing agent input context are crucial. The talk invites developers to become experienced AI agent managers and join the mailing list for updates.

web development

TresJS, a declarative way of creating 3D scenes from Vue components

Vue.js London 2023

27 min

TresJS, a declarative way of creating 3D scenes from Vue components

Alvaro Saburido

Storyblok

The speaker discovered 3D with 3GS and was inspired to create a 3D ecosystem for the Vue community using Troy.js. The process of setting up a 3D scene and objects in Tress was explained, along with creating and configuring 3D objects. The talk also covered animating objects with Tress and the 'Cientos' package, as well as the future of Tress.js and its compatibility with older versions of Three. The speaker expressed gratitude to sponsors and contributors and highlighted the potential for product customization with Tress.js.

vue vue 3 3d

Advanced Claude Code Techniques: Agentic Engineering With Context Driven Development

JSNation US 2025

29 min

Advanced Claude Code Techniques: Agentic Engineering With Context Driven Development

Cole Medin

Dynamous LLC

Welcome to a guide on context engineering, focusing on using errors to our advantage and building a self-evolving AI coding assistant. Transitioning from engineering to AI development, embracing opportunities from personal automations to enterprise-grade AI deployments. Evolution of trust in AI coding assistants by leveraging errors for system evolution and self-correction. PIV loop as a main mental model for coding process, emphasizing active involvement, structured planning, and implementation. System evolution involves identifying gaps, adapting based on analysis, testing, and live demo update processes. Code validation process improvement through better validation commands and workflow optimization. Utilizing end-to-end testing for error detection and system improvement in coding assistant systems.

artificial intelligence

Building AI Co-Worker with Codex SDK

AI Coding Summit 2026

72 min

Building AI Co-Worker with Codex SDK

Workshop

Rudrank Riyam

Join this interactive 2-hour workshop to learn how to create your own AI co-worker using the Codex SDK, inspired by Rudrank’s work on a GitHub/Slack bot he created to automate code reviews, bug fixes, and feature additions to overcome the opposite timezone differences at work.

W...

best practices

Agentic by Default: Rethinking Developer Workflows with Claude Code

AI Coding Summit 2026

29 min

Agentic by Default: Rethinking Developer Workflows with Claude Code

Ado Kukic

Anthropic

The Talk delves into agent decoding in Cloud Code, emphasizing the importance of planning, acting, and verifying changes systematically. It explores maximizing efficiency through Cloud Code acting as an agent, reasoning, reading, writing code, and using tools for successful outcomes. The discussion covers enhancing task planning, utilizing subagents for specialized assistance, and optimizing tool use with MCP integration. It introduces Cloud Skills, plugins for team collaboration, and efficient tool utilization with parallel workflows. The concept of non-interactive agents, guided autonomy, and steps for experiencing agent decoding are also highlighted.

best practices

The React Developer's Guide to AI Engineering

React Summit US 2025

96 min

The React Developer's Guide to AI Engineering

Featured WorkshopFree

Niall Maher

A comprehensive workshop designed specifically for React developers ready to become AI engineers. Learn how your existing React skills—component thinking, state management, effect handling, and performance optimization—directly translate to building sophisticated AI applications. We'll cover the...

artificial intelligence

Advanced Cursor Techniques for Building Fullstack Apps

AI Coding Summit 2026

119 min

Advanced Cursor Techniques for Building Fullstack Apps

Workshop

Mike Mikula

In this workshop, you’ll learn a repeatable process for building full stack apps in Cursor. We’ll start with an idea and use an agent to shape clear requirements. Next, we’ll generate a database schema and set up the build tools. Then we’ll create the backend and frontend, and wire the layers tog...

artificial intelligence

The State of React

React Summit 2025

26 min

The State of React

Sacha Greif

Devographics

Introduction to the State of React survey and the history of developer surveys. Detailed analysis of survey results, user demographics, and job titles. Examination of React API trends, user sentiment towards APIs, and new API challenges. Analysis of React library satisfaction, particularly with Next.js. Discussion on React state management and data loading, including pain points. Insights on React library usage patterns and application trends. Key takeaways include staying calm, appreciating foundational React elements, and relying on data for a balanced view.

react

Featured

Frontend’s Lost Decade and the Performance Inequality Gap

JSNation 2025

32 min

Frontend’s Lost Decade and the Performance Inequality Gap

Top Content

Alex Russell

A key contributor to ES6, Service Workers and Web Components. The Partner PM for Edge at Microsoft and Blink API owner.

Alex Russell's journey from engineering to product management, the focus on improving web experiences, and optimizing software for end-user success. Considerations include device performance, web diversity, and API constraints. Challenges of web platforms encompass hardware and network limitations, prioritizing user experience. Understanding the impact of Moore's Law on device performance and adapting browsers for efficiency. Emphasis on code optimization, user-focused development, and quality in web UI. Addressing challenges in PWA success, developer learning, and balancing frameworks with platform understanding.

Build LLM agents in TypeScript with Mastra and Vercel AI SDK

React Advanced 2025

145 min

Build LLM agents in TypeScript with Mastra and Vercel AI SDK

Featured WorkshopFree

Eric Burel

LLMs are not just fancy search engines: they lay the ground for building autonomous and intelligent pieces of software, aka agents.
Companies are investing massively in generative AI infrastructures. To get their money's worth, they need developers that can make the best out of an LLM, and t...

typescript artificial intelligence

The New AI Workflows

React Advanced 2025

14 min

The New AI Workflows

Steve Sewell

Builder.io

The Talk delves into the impact of LLMs on engineering workflows, emphasizing the shift towards AI for code writing efficiency. It highlights the importance of problem-solving abilities and product development in hiring practices. LLMs enhance productivity for developers, designers, and product managers, enabling faster iterations and collaboration. Efficient product workflows are achieved through simultaneous UI and code work using Builder.io. Task delegation is streamlined with async agents and Builder bots, optimizing project editing and code management. Integration with tools like VS Code and Figma streamlines design and code editing, enhancing collaboration and workflow automation.

artificial intelligence

How to Build Full-Stack Apps Using Cursor

React Summit US 2025

65 min

How to Build Full-Stack Apps Using Cursor

Featured WorkshopFree

Shrey Shah

In this workshop, I’ll guide participants through a process for building full-stack applications using Cursor. We’ll cover setting up Cursor workflows, including rules, commands, and custom modes, to streamline development. We will use Cursor to draft PRDs, database schema, etc and a simple SOW....

fullstack

Vite and the Future of JavaScript Tooling

JSNation 2025

23 min

Vite and the Future of JavaScript Tooling

Top Content

Evan You

Vue.js & Vite Creator

Evan Yeo discusses Vite's growth, challenges with dependencies like ES Build and Rollup, and the creation of the bundler Rolldown. The JavaScript ecosystem faces fragmentation, but the company aims for a unified JavaScript stack. Rust is chosen for lower-level development, while JavaScript and TypeScript for high-level APIs. Roldown offers advanced bundling features, outperforming existing tools. Integration with Vite leads to tailored optimizations and significant speed improvements. Vite+ development focuses on creating a comprehensive toolkit. VitePlus integrates TS-down for library bundling, ViteTest for testing, and OX-Lint for linting. Future plans include monorepo awareness, build orchestration, and framework-like features.

vite

Rethinking Bundling: Why You Don’t Need Less JavaScript

JSNation US 2025

30 min

Rethinking Bundling: Why You Don’t Need Less JavaScript

Daniel Roe

Leads the Nuxt core team

The speaker, Daniel, shares insights on his role as an open source maintainer, projects Nuxt and Nitro, and living in Edinburgh. Nuxt, a full-stack framework, evolved with community support, emphasizing community-driven development. Optimization strategies for JavaScript, CSS, and font loading in Nuxt were discussed. Integration of Nuxt Scripts for web performance, challenges in meta framework development, and considerations for Nuxt V3 rewrite were highlighted. Future plans include smoother migrations and open-source access to emoji slides integration.

bundler

The State of the Web

JSNation 2025

32 min

The State of the Web

Sacha Greif

Devographics

Sasha Grief discusses the state of the web through web development surveys, leading to an interactive quiz about the state of JS and usage of front end frameworks. Discussion on popular front-end libraries like React, Vue, Angular, and the rising popularity of TypeScript among developers in recent surveys. Discussion on TypeScript adoption, TC39 committee proposals, favorite CSS feature 'has,' and browser support for 'has' selector. Browser interoperability, browser vendors' initiatives, AI usage among web developers, and survey insights. Job titles linked to higher income, diversity of survey topics, top hobby among developers, and popular specific video games. Learnings on CSS features, TypeScript default, AI usage, survey benefits, challenges in reaching diverse survey participants. Surprising positivity in JavaScript usage, stable framework landscape, AI adoption challenges, mainstream AI tools, successful situp.js survey. Inconsistent respondent numbers, manual data normalization efforts, subjective question selection process, community input, mitigation of selection bias. Reason for starting surveys, transition from Meteor JS, exploration of JavaScript ecosystem.

frameworks web standards

Exploring Server Side Rendering

React Advanced 2025

179 min

Exploring Server Side Rendering

Featured Workshop

Krasimir Tsonev

Server-side rendering (SSR) is back in the spotlight – and React is evolving fast. In this workshop, we’ll go deep into the mechanics, performance trade-offs, and modern techniques of SSR with React.js. You'll start by building an SSR app from scratch – no frameworks, just raw renderToString and...

ssr react server components

Full-stack App in half a Day: Next.js 15 Development Bootcamp

React Summit 2025

175 min

Full-stack App in half a Day: Next.js 15 Development Bootcamp

Featured WorkshopFree

Maurice de Beijer

Unlock the Power of Modern Full-Stack Development in Half a Day!Ready to build lightning-fast, scalable web applications? Join our immersive 4-hour interactive workshop and dive headfirst into the world of Full-Stack Next.js 15!This isn't just another theory session. You'll roll up...

web apps

Thinking Like an Architect

Node Congress 2025

31 min

Thinking Like an Architect

Top Content

Luca Mezzalira

Author of Front-End Reactive Architectures and Building Micro-Frontends

In modern software development, architecture is more than just selecting the right tech stack; it involves decision-making, trade-offs, and considering the context of the business and organization. Understanding the problem space and focusing on users' needs are essential. Architectural flexibility is key, adapting the level of granularity and choosing between different approaches. Holistic thinking, long-term vision, and domain understanding are crucial for making better decisions. Effective communication, inclusion, and documentation are core skills for architects. Democratizing communication, prioritizing value, and embracing adaptive architectures are key to success.

architecture

Short takes

Video Optimization for the Web: The Missing Piece in Lighthouse

React Summit US 2025

7 min

Video Optimization for the Web: The Missing Piece in Lighthouse

Rahul Nanwani

ImageKit.io

Rahul introduces video optimization principles, emphasizing modern formats, compression, bitrate reduction, and lazy loading. ImageKit simplifies video loading by compressing videos significantly and adapting to network conditions. Pausing videos when not in view saves data costs and enhances user experience.

video

Auth: Build vs Open Source vs Buy

JSNation 2025

7 min

Auth: Build vs Open Source vs Buy

Mark Robustelli

FusionAuth

Authentication is crucial for system security, with options including building, buying, or using open source. Modern security complexities are addressed by purchasing systems with enterprise-level security features. Cost considerations in authentication highlight maintenance and scaling costs, with buying solutions providing peace of mind and predictable costs.

authentication

Everyone Is Now a Manager - Interfaces in the World of Agents

TechLead Conf London 2025: Adopting AI in Orgs Edition

6 min

Everyone Is Now a Manager - Interfaces in the World of Agents

Sam Komesarook

Laminar

Sam Kmezverk's talk covers the evolving tech landscape, emphasizing key principles for agents' implementation in tasks and decision-making processes. Addressing challenges in agent orchestration, debugging system issues, and cultivating user trust are crucial for successful interface development.

user interfaces

Server Components Wars: PHP Strikes Back

React Summit 2025

6 min

Server Components Wars: PHP Strikes Back

Edoardo Dusi

Storyblok

Edoardo, a senior dev rel at Storyblok, delves into server components' intricacies, urging a better understanding. The evolution from PHP to React marked a shift in web development paradigms, emphasizing server-side rendering and dynamic client interactions. Facebook transitioned from PHP to React, introducing XHP subset. Isomorphic JavaScript and server-side rendering emerged with data requests and content rendering. React server components enable server-side rendering with data fetched from DBMS or CMS, emphasizing patterns for seamless transitions to new frameworks.

react server components

No Dependencies, No Problem: Streaming AI Over the Phone

JSNation 2025

6 min

No Dependencies, No Problem: Streaming AI Over the Phone

Marius Obert

Twilio

Marius from Twilio demonstrates building AI agents for phone calls, addressing latency issues by leveraging Twilio's infrastructure and third-party providers like 11 Labs and Google Cloud. Configuration includes WebSocket integration for message handling, static responses, and text-to-speech with 11 Labs. AI integration involves GPT4 or mini model for conversation history storage. A live demo showcases an AI voice assistant with instant responses and latency improvements.

artificial intelligence

From Experiment to Enterprise: Scaling AI Coding Assistants Across Engineering Teams

TechLead Conf London 2025: Adopting AI in Orgs Edition

9 min

From Experiment to Enterprise: Scaling AI Coding Assistants Across Engineering Teams

Maxim Salnikov

Microsoft, Norway

Sharing insights on scaling AI coding assistance & adopting AI native dev tools. Discussing the need for a shift from viewing adoption as a tech problem to a change management challenge. Exploring a tactical framework with three key phases: onboard, adopt, succeed. Emphasizing the importance of onboarding developers, ensuring access to licenses, and setting clear policies to avoid 'shadow AI'. Highlighting the necessity of human infrastructure for successful AI dev tool implementation, including AI advocates, communities of practice, and executive sponsorship. Adoption strategies require a focus on interconnected metrics and all pillars simultaneously. Leadership checklist for post-conference actions involves measuring metrics, distinguishing between strategic and tactical points, and staying connected through platforms like WhatsApp and LinkedIn.

artificial intelligence

How To Get The Most Out Of the Cloud As A Front-End Developer

React Summit US 2025

7 min

How To Get The Most Out Of the Cloud As A Front-End Developer

Erik Hanchett

AWS

Front-end developers benefit from cloud services like AWS S3 and Lambda. AWS offers services like Cognito for identity management and Bedrock AI models. AWS Amplify provides Hosting and Cloud Development Kit for efficient development. The Cloud Development Kit is recommended for TypeScript deployment. AWS Amplify connects front-end to AWS services and SDK for back-end. QR code feedback is available for the talk.

tooling

Divide and Conquer? - Exploring the 'JS0' and 'JSSugar' Proposal for JavaScript Evolution

JSNation 2025

5 min

Divide and Conquer? - Exploring the 'JS0' and 'JSSugar' Proposal for JavaScript Evolution

Daniel Hervás

Reckon Digital

JS 0 and JS Sugar proposal for JavaScript evolution. Complexity abstraction to engines. Splitting language into JS0 and JSugar. Lessons learned from developers' concerns and users' preferences. Involvement in shaping JavaScript ecosystem.

web standards

It’s Not Magic: Elevate Auth Security with PKCE Best Practices

Node Congress 2025

5 min

It’s Not Magic: Elevate Auth Security with PKCE Best Practices

Kim Maida

FusionAuth

The talk discusses the need to enhance auth security with Pixie Best Practices and the limitations of current standards like OAuth 2 and OpenID Connect. It introduces Pixie as an added layer of security over the authorization code flow and explains how it prevents code injection. Pixie enhances security by connecting client requests with responses from the authorization server, preventing cross-site request forgery attacks. It is recommended for public clients and will be required for all clients in the upcoming OAuth 2.1 spec. The talk also highlights the benefits of Pixie for enhancing security in web apps. Learn more about Pixie and best practices at FusionAuth, where Kim Meida, Senior Director of Developer Relations, provides developer-first auth and auth APIs.

best practices

Using Spec-Driven Development for Production Workflows

JSNation US 2025

7 min

Using Spec-Driven Development for Production Workflows

Erik Hanchett

AWS

We're discussing spec-driven development and the innovative AI IDE, QIRO, that supports this approach. QIRO focuses on structured specifications before coding, aiding developers in creating designs. The QIRO mascot, a playful ghost, symbolizes the essence of spec-driven development. Eric Hanchett discusses QIRO, emphasizing its spec-driven development feature integrated into the IDE. QIRO aids in in-depth feature planning, resembling a structured requirements approach. Coding assistants benefit from detailed examples for efficient development. Exploring Manual Coding Assistance: Creating user requirements, building design documents, and task lists manually. Example of using spec mode in a coding assistant to break down requirements, create designs, and implement features.

artificial intelligence

Latest

Frontend Internationalization That Reads Like English (Thanks, gettext!)

React Summit US 2025

19 min

Frontend Internationalization That Reads Like English (Thanks, gettext!)

Henry Lie

HENNGE

Henry Lee presents a frontend internationalization approach using React and discusses challenges in naming keys for translations. The Talk addresses issues with naming keys in JSON dictionaries, refactoring keys to eliminate translation challenges using GNU GetTex, exploring GetTex workflow for efficient localization with Lingui, defining messages and extraction with Lingui workflow, optimizing Lingui compilation and translation, enhancing Lingui features for translation, and encouraging Lingui adoption for projects by addressing reasons for underutilization and promoting trial and migration.

internationalization

Spec Driven Development: The End of Vibe Coding

AI Coding Summit 2026

21 min

Spec Driven Development: The End of Vibe Coding

Daniel Sogl

Thinktecture AG

Welcome to spec-driven development talk by Daniel Sogel. AI agents struggle with benchmarks and real-world tasks. Developers spend extra time fixing code generated by AI agents. Security issues in AI-generated code, limitations with context management, multi-file coordination, silent failures, architecture decisions, and enterprise context challenges addressed by Spectre from development. AI agents removing safety checks, generating code with fake data, silent failures worse than crashes, spectrum development benefits like complete context upfront, structured reasoning, validation checkpoints, and autonomous implementation without manual code review. Act with AI agents like pair programmers, combine spectrum, behavior-driven, and test-driven development. Spec-driven development adoption in the industry, using Keyro IDE by AWS and popular tools like SpecKit and OpenSpec for different project types. Define tech stack, API structure in planning, task phase implementation, handover to AI agents, and choosing the right spec-driven development tools.

artificial intelligence devtools developer experience best practices

How AI is Impacting Engineering Leadership

TechLead Conf London 2025: Adopting AI in Orgs Edition

34 min

How AI is Impacting Engineering Leadership

Gregor Ojstersek

Engineering Leadership newsletter

The speaker discusses the impact of AI on engineering leadership and shares personal journey and goals. Sensationalistic AI predictions induce fear of missing out among engineering leaders, leading to negative perceptions. Unrealistic AI expectations affect motivation and industry sentiment. Strategies for effective AI adoption include starting small, prioritizing culture over tools, and staying informed. Engineering roles are evolving towards a convergence, focusing on human-related skills and problem-solving in the AI era. Balancing code writing and reviewing, supporting junior colleagues, and navigating career progression are crucial for engineering leadership development.

artificial intelligence

Advanced Claude Code Techniques for 2026

AI Coding Summit 2026

127 min

Advanced Claude Code Techniques for 2026

Workshop

Cole Medin

best practices

The React Developer's Guide to AI Engineering

React Summit US 2025

96 min

The React Developer's Guide to AI Engineering

Featured WorkshopFree

Niall Maher

artificial intelligence

Oh My GHaaD: Git Hosting as a Database

React Summit US 2025

11 min

Oh My GHaaD: Git Hosting as a Database

Chris Griffing

GitKraken

Chris Griffin discusses the innovative concept of Git Hosting as a Database, emphasizing the importance of data, authentication, and authorization in backend development. The utilization of file-based databases like parket files and the simplicity of authentication and authorization in building platforms similar to GitHub stand out. The architecture of a Git-based backend offers flexibility in backups, privacy features, and serverless advantages. Integrating with frontend frameworks through custom hooks and considering rate limiting issues on platforms like GitHub and GitLab are key points in application development with a backend-free approach using GitHub and GitLab.

serverless

Designing Sandboxed Dev Environments for Coding Agents

AI Coding Summit 2026

20 min

Designing Sandboxed Dev Environments for Coding Agents

Naresh Ramesh

Cloudfare

A demo of an animated goose following the cursor in a unique environment with real-time updates. Advanced models for long-running agents performing complex tasks. Exploring sandbox environments for agent coding, focusing on isolation, containers, networking, and persistence. Challenges in sandbox orchestration, including handling heavy processing, managing sessions, and security concerns. Importance of agent control, Micro VMs for isolation, and networking in sandbox environments. Strategies for efficient sandbox operations with pre-built images, persistent volumes, and warm pools. Utilizing sandbox primitives for simple usage with focus on isolation, networking, and persistence.

best practices

Rethinking React Styling for the RSC Era

React Advanced 2025

19 min

Rethinking React Styling for the RSC Era

Bree Hall

Atlassian

Bree discusses the evolution of React styling with React 19, Tailwind, and server-side rendering components, emphasizing static CSS generation. The shift towards native CSS and CSS modules for better scalability and control, and the rise in popularity of Tailwind CSS for its utility-first approach. Challenges in React styling implementations include runtime libraries, streaming UI, scalable theming, and overhead reduction. Panda CSS emerges as a potential successor to Tailwind CSS, offering a blend of CSS and JS experience. Styling decisions in 2025 are philosophical, with Tailwind for speed, Panda CSS for complex design systems, and CSS modules for stability.

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React Native AI: Bringing on-device LLMs with AI SDK to React Native

React Advanced 2025

26 min

React Native AI: Bringing on-device LLMs with AI SDK to React Native

Szymon Rybczak

Callstack

Hello everyone, React Native AI, AI SDK from Brazil, connect AI SDK with React Native, Szymon Rybczak, senior React Native developer, React Native AI, run AI on device, powerful devices, on-device AI on mobile, iPhone 15 Pro performance. Devices are powerful. Inspired by Guillermo Rauch's tweet on Google Chrome's Gemini model. Researched topic, learned about providers in AISDK, create and plug providers for various APIs. Excitement for WWDC, experimenting with Apple Foundation Model in React Native, impressive performance. Apple investment in React Native, code sharing success with Vercel SDK and React Native AI Apple package, extensive features and community support. Integration with ASDK, expanding providers for on-device models, Android models support, real-life privacy-focused applications. Simulator compatibility on macOS 26 and Pixel 9 Pro, upcoming Android models, LLM offline training trade-offs, privacy and efficiency benefits. Image and video generation potential, Device model parameter size comparison, Apple's optimized on-device model performance, Implications for other AI apps like Gemini and Jacky P.T. On-device model implementation for offline scenarios, Support for multiple runtimes, Memory consumption comparison, Whisper.RN and LLM.RN functionality, Device compatibility verification via APIs.

artificial intelligence

Beyond Vibe Coding: Differentiated Workflows with Antigravity

AI Coding Summit 2026

10 min

Beyond Vibe Coding: Differentiated Workflows with Antigravity

2 authors

Alex and Rodi discuss antigravity, a powerful coding agent that unifies Google tools. The agent manager orchestrates multiple agents, providing a higher-level view than just code. Features include an AI editor, agent-controlled Chrome browser, and best practices for agent autonomy and usage. AI steering takes time before feeling intuitive. Anti-gravity offers fast and planning modes for building efficiently. The planning mode allows fine-tuning and execution of complex tasks. Playground validates ideas before full projects. The playground in AntiGravity validates project ideas. Image generation, Nano Banana Pro, and Gemini 3 enhance design output. Skills support deep context tasks. Asynchronous nature enables efficient project development. Browser agent serves as a versatile tool for bug fixing. Manual control and inspiration amidst automation. Transition to agent manager for enhanced visibility and decision-making. Encouragement to explore diverse agent-led experiences and updates for workflow improvement.

best practices

JSNation 2022

24 min

Record & Tuple: Immutable Data Structures in JS

Top Content

Robin Ricard

Software Infrastructure engineer @ Bloomberg

Today's Talk introduces the concept of record and tuple in JavaScript, which provide a new way to handle data. The Talk explores the references and mutability of objects, strings, and numbers in JavaScript. It discusses the limitations of freezing objects and proposes record and tuple as a solution. The Talk also covers methods and syntax for tuples, the status of the proposal, and acknowledges the contributions of various individuals. Overall, the Talk aims to redefine how data is handled in JavaScript and encourages waiting for broader browser support before implementing these features.

javascript

Making Multiplayer Games with Colyseus, Node.js and TypeScript

JS GameDev Summit 2022

31 min

Making Multiplayer Games with Colyseus, Node.js and TypeScript

Top Content

Endel Dreyer

Colyseus

Today's Talk covers making multiplayer games with Coliseus, Node.js, and Typescript. It explores the state of networking on the web, alternative servers, and how Coliseus works. The Talk also discusses client-side prediction, lag compensation, server limitations, scaling, and showcases cool games made with Coliseus. Additionally, it mentions Nakama and Unity integration for client-side prediction in multiplayer games. Coliseus is available on mobile and can be found on colossus.io or the GitHub repository.

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A Guide to React Rendering Behavior

React Advanced 2022

25 min

A Guide to React Rendering Behavior

Top Content

Mark Erikson

Replay.io

This transcription provides a brief guide to React rendering behavior. It explains the process of rendering, comparing new and old elements, and the importance of pure rendering without side effects. It also covers topics such as batching and double rendering, optimizing rendering and using context and Redux in React. Overall, it offers valuable insights for developers looking to understand and optimize React rendering.

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Vuetify 3: Titan

Vue.js London Live 2021

20 min

Vuetify 3: Titan

Top Content

Watch video: Vuetify 3: Titan

John Leider

Vuetify

Hi, I'm John Leader, the creator of Viewtify. Viewtify 3 is the upcoming version with new design concepts, improved usability, and compatibility with modern browsers. The framework has added new features like a validation system, style diversity, semantic customization options, and a density concept. Enhanced customization options, improved performance, and advanced browser support with CSS variables are also highlights of Viewtify 3.

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React Query API Design – Lessons Learned

React Advanced 2024

26 min

React Query API Design – Lessons Learned

Top Content

Dominik Dorfmeister

React-Query maintainer

I'm super excited to be here today, giving my first live talk at an in-person conference. Dominik, the maintainer of React Query, walks through the API design decisions, including success stories, trade-offs, and mistakes. Tener Linsley designed React Query's medium-sized query API to be minimal, intuitive, powerful, and flexible. Major versions in open source require marketing efforts, but not primarily for adding new features. TypeScript is crucial for building projects and managing user demands in open source can be challenging. The addition of the max pages option improved performance and avoided unnecessary refetches. Inversion of control gives users flexibility, but mistakes can happen in API design. Open source requires time management and feedback from users. API design is influenced by typing ease and good TypeScript support. Getting involved in open source involves trial and error and joining community platforms like TanStack Discord. Dominik's journey started during the pandemic and he can be found on Twitter, TanStack Discord, and his blog.

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Deep Dive into Undici

Node Congress 2024

24 min

Deep Dive into Undici

Top Content

Matteo Collina

Node.js TSC committee member. Pino & Fastify author.

Undici is a modern HTTP client for Node.js that offers improved performance and advanced features. It supports HTTP 1.1 and recently added HTTP 2.0 support. Undici provides impressive performance, especially with Undici.Stream. It also supports HTTP 1.1 pipelining, which can significantly cut response time. Undici offers flexible connection management and dispatchers, as well as interceptors for customization. Undici v7 is coming with improved APIs and platformatic runtime for running multiple microservices in the same process.

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React Compiler - Understanding Idiomatic React (React Forget)

React Advanced 2023

33 min

React Compiler - Understanding Idiomatic React (React Forget)

Top Content

Watch video: React Compiler - Understanding Idiomatic React (React Forget)

2 authors

The Talk discusses React Forget, a compiler built at Meta that aims to optimize client-side React development. It explores the use of memoization to improve performance and the vision of Forget to automatically determine dependencies at build time. Forget is named with an F-word pun and has the potential to optimize server builds and enable dead code elimination. The team plans to make Forget open-source and is focused on ensuring its quality before release.

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SolidJS: Why All the Suspense?

JSNation 2023

28 min

SolidJS: Why All the Suspense?

Top Content

Ryan Carniato

SolidJS Creator

Suspense is a mechanism for orchestrating asynchronous state changes in JavaScript frameworks. It ensures async consistency in UIs and helps avoid trust erosion and inconsistencies. Suspense boundaries are used to hoist data fetching and create consistency zones based on the user interface. They can handle loading states of multiple resources and control state loading in applications. Suspense can be used for transitions, providing a smoother user experience and allowing prioritization of important content.

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From Blender to the Web - the Journey of a 3D Model

React Advanced 2021

27 min

From Blender to the Web - the Journey of a 3D Model

Top Content

Sara Vieira

Orama

This Talk is about Blender, a free and open-source 3D software, and integrating 3D models into websites. The speaker discusses exporting 3D models to the web using the gltf format and compressing them using gltf transform and draco compression. They also cover integrating the 3D model into a website using React and React 3 fiber, troubleshooting installation and error issues, and working with refs and frames. The Talk explores rendering, lighting, mathematics, and experimentation in 3D, as well as interaction and rendering effects. The speaker also mentions their favorite creation in Blender.

(Easier) Interactive Data Visualization in React

React Advanced 2021

27 min

(Easier) Interactive Data Visualization in React

Top Content

Anjana Vakil

Independent Developer Educator & Software Engineer

This Talk is about interactive data visualization in React using the Plot library. Plot is a high-level library that simplifies the process of visualizing data by providing key concepts and defaults for layout decisions. It can be integrated with React using hooks like useRef and useEffect. Plot allows for customization and supports features like sorting and adding additional marks. The Talk also discusses accessibility concerns, SSR support, and compares Plot to other libraries like D3 and Vega-Lite.

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JavaScript

Temporal: The Curious Incident of the Wrong Nighttime

JSNation 2025

25 min

Temporal: The Curious Incident of the Wrong Nighttime

Philip Chimento

Igalia, S.L.

Speaker's involvement in Temporal proposal and TC39 meetings for JavaScript standardization. Date conversion challenges faced in development. Addressing time zone discrepancies with Temporal to prevent bugs. Exploration of Temporal types and design philosophy. Usage of Java's time zone serialization in JavaScript Temporal. Challenges in implementing Temporal proposal and its transformative potential in ECMAScript.

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10 Years of Best of JS

JSNation 2025

28 min

10 Years of Best of JS

Michael Rambeau

Creator of Best of JS and JS Rising Stars projects.

Michael discusses the evolution of JavaScript from its early days to modern server-side capabilities, the impact of jQuery, Node.js, and single-page applications with popular libraries like Backbone and AngularJS. The emergence of UI libraries like React, Vue.js, and Angular, alongside meta frameworks like Next.js, Remix, Veltkit, and Solid with server components. The Best of JS project tracks JavaScript project trends, filters out deprecated projects, and monitors GitHub stars for maintenance. The importance of maintaining project relevance, adding new projects continuously, and classifying projects under meaningful tags. The evolution of TypeScript, tool releases like Deno and Burn, styling evolution from CSS to headless components, and the impact of Tailwind CSS. Analysis of CSS optimization, CLI ecosystem, tooling trends, emerging tools, and JavaScript development trends over the past decade.

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React

React Beyond the DOM

React Summit US 2025

27 min

React Beyond the DOM

Erik Rasmussen

Eric Rasmussen discusses React beyond the DOM, React PDF, Ink tools, and rendering to Markdown. The overview includes React Reconciler, host configuration, state management with real-world entities like light bulbs, and building a traffic light state machine visually. The talk also covers securing third-party JavaScript, expanding React rendering possibilities, advanced tooling for state machines, controlling light bulbs via renderer callbacks, server functions for fetch in the cloud, and potential robot programming with React.

react

TDD in Frontend

React Summit 2025

121 min

TDD in Frontend

Workshop

Aleksandr Shinkarev

Tests first, code last!How to develop your frontend that the code isn't falling apart? How to make it scary free to deliver your work results? How to battle bugs that are chasing you at every step you make?I am going to answer these questions during the workshop and show how to foll...

react

From Segments to Suspense: The Future of Next.js Caching

React Advanced 2025

27 min

From Segments to Suspense: The Future of Next.js Caching

Wyatt Johnson

Vercel

Introduction to Cache Components in Next.js 16, transforming the app router with new features like partial pre-rendering, Dynamic I.O., and caching directives. Deep dive into static params generation in Next.js focusing on changes in generating static params for improved performance. Exploring challenges of generating static params and balancing static vs. dynamic rendering for better performance. Addressing challenges with cache components, optimizing static and dynamic rendering for improved performance. Understanding impact of parameters on rendering with cache components, managing dynamic components, and introducing suspense boundaries for faster page loads. Enhancing cache life APIs, introducing a new caching model for static outputs in Next.js. Revolutionizing cache management with granular control over cache lifetimes and dynamic segment configuration. Navigating data and caching in Next.js, exploring cache components guidance and caching differences between server and client components.

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Our Own React Global State Manager in Less Than 50 Lines of Code

React Summit 2025

26 min

Our Own React Global State Manager in Less Than 50 Lines of Code

Miguel Ángel Durán

midudev

Speaker delves into global state management in React, mentioning Redux and alternatives like React context. Creating a global state manager in under 50 lines of code with React context, highlighting challenges with performance and React specificity. Building a custom hook named user store for state management, implementing state and API for store, handling partial state updates efficiently. Managing listeners for state changes, setting up custom hooks and selectors, and subscribing to external stores. Demonstrating optimization in state management and preventing unnecessary button re-renders. Discussion on Redux, Signals, debugging, and various global state management choices like Zestand and Redux toolkit.

react

Panel Discussion: The State of React

React Summit 2025

35 min

Panel Discussion: The State of React

7 authors

Panelists introduced themselves and discussed React Server Components (RSCs), exploring usage in production and alternative frameworks. Challenges of adopting RSCs and benefits of universal data fetching were highlighted. The complexities of implementing RSCs were discussed, emphasizing the need for better integration. The potential of server components for composability and evolving architecture was explored. The React compiler's impact on performance optimization and component re-rendering was examined. Discussions included enhancing React with compiler features, evolving feature sets, and reimagining state management. Improvements in communication, community engagement, and dependency management within the React ecosystem were emphasized. Recommendations for managing dependencies, component performance, and audience appreciation were shared.

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React Strict Dom: Cross-Platform React Based on the Web

React Summit US 2025

29 min

React Strict Dom: Cross-Platform React Based on the Web