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Articles

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...

10 Storyblok CMS Agencies and Development Companies for Your Next Build (October 2026)

Storyblok CMS agency quality varies less on platform familiarity and more on content-modeling discipline, website migration methodology, and post-launch governance. We've chosen 10 Storyblok services, proven by real expertise. A top Storyblok agency is evaluated by its ability to architect the ri...

14 Sanity CMS Agencies and Development Companies: Verified List (2026)

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Top ideas

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.

Who is Alex Russell?

Alex Russell is a product manager and engineer who previously worked on the Chrome team at Google and on TC39, focusing on JavaScript frameworks and libraries.

How does TanStack Start handle server and client integration?

TanStack Start uses isomorphic loaders that run on both the server during SSR and the client before navigation, allowing seamless data fetching and caching across server and client.

How does Svelte differ from React?

Svelte is HTML-first, focusing on states rather than changes between states like JavaScript does. It allows developers to use valid HTML directly in components, offering a more intuitive approach compared to React's JSX.

How does CapnWeb differ from REST for web APIs?

CapnWeb uses RPC function calls instead of REST's requests and responses, making it more intuitive and efficient, as it resembles calling a library rather than a network service.

What are some limitations of server components in RSC?

Server components are stateless and not interactive, meaning they cannot use state-managing hooks or perform client-side interactions like alerts.

Who should consider using TanStack Start?

Businesses building React applications that require a robust client-side framework with server-side capabilities should consider using TanStack Start, especially if they value type safety and URL state management.

What challenges are associated with implementing React Server Components in React Native?

Challenges include managing different versions of the app and server components, handling app updates without full store reviews, and ensuring that native user experience remains consistent. Technical hurdles also involve configuring server-side operations within a mobile context.

What are the benefits of using Redux today?

The benefits of using Redux today include a consistent architectural pattern, predictable data flow, powerful developer tools like Redux DevTools, wide usage and community support, better update performance compared to React context, and strong TypeScript support.

What is the new event loop in React Native?

The new event loop in React Native is part of the new architecture that allows for synchronous communication between JavaScript and native layers, improving performance and aligning React Native more closely with React DOM.

Deep Dives

Deep Dive: Growing to Tech Lead

Growing to Tech Lead

Learn directly from other Senior+ and Lead engineers on how to progress your engineering career, strengthen your foundational skills and become and irreplaceable engineer.

Talk: Pocket Guide to Seniority
Talk: Why Engineers Must Become Multipliers in the AI-Era
Talk: Walking the Netflix Paved Road (Bumps Included): Web Framework, Hawkins Design System
Talk: Transforming Your Tech Interviews in the AI Agent Age
Talk: 5 Tough Conversations Managers Need to Have

... and 14 more talks and workshops

Deep Dive: AI Assisted Coding

AI Assisted Coding

Remove the noise, master agentic coding patterns actually tested in production directly from Senior practitioners.

Talk: Templates and Components for Claude Code: The Future of AI Coding Workflows
Talk: Using Spec-Driven Development for Production Workflows
Talk: Building Blocks of an Agentic Engineering Platform: What SRE Taught Us About Running Agents
Workshop: AI-Powered Code Review
Workshop: Operating Agent-Based Systems - Overview, Configure, Run, Orchestrate, Monitor

... and 22 more talks and workshops

Deep Dive: Mastering Full-stack

Mastering Full-stack

Master full-stack and fundamental engineering skills for AI-enabled future.

Talk: Building a JavaScript Engine in Rust: Lessons From Boa
Talk: Building a JavaScript Engine in Rust: Lessons From Boa
Talk: Beyond Benchmarks: node.js, Deno, and Bun in Real Production
Workshop: DevOps for Front-end Developers: From Local Code to Production by Docker Captain
Workshop: Building Fullstack Apps With Cursor

... and 21 more talks and workshops

React Advanced 2026

27 min

Controlling Async Chaos in React with Effect-TS

Violina Popova

ClipMyHorse.TV

As React applications scale, asynchronous logic often turns into a source of fragility and frustration. Scattered useEffect hooks, ad-hoc retries, manual loading states, and inconsistent error handling create race conditions, memory leaks, and business logic that’s nearly impossible to test relia...

architecture

Handling Breaking Changes in GraphQL

GraphQL Galaxy 2022

22 min

Handling Breaking Changes in GraphQL

Top Content

Kadi Kraman

Expo

This Talk discusses handling breaking changes in a GraphQL schema, including the use of the deprecated directive to tag fields that should no longer be used. It also covers the process of deploying GraphQL APIs and mobile apps, highlighting the challenges of mobile app release adoption. The Talk emphasizes the importance of making safe upgrades in mobile apps and provides strategies for detecting and handling breaking changes, such as using TypeScript and GraphQL Inspector. Overall, the Talk emphasizes the need to minimize user impact when introducing breaking changes in GraphQL schemas.

graphql api development

Levelling up Monorepos with npm Workspaces

DevOps.js Conf 2022

33 min

Levelling up Monorepos with npm Workspaces

Top Content

Ruy Adorno

Node.js TSC member & Founder Engineer @vlt.sh

NPM workspaces help manage multiple nested packages within a single top-level package, improving since the release of NPM CLI 7.0. You can easily add dependencies to workspaces and handle duplications. Running scripts and orchestration in a monorepo is made easier with NPM workspaces. The npm pkg command is useful for setting and retrieving keys and values from package.json files. NPM workspaces offer benefits compared to Lerna and future plans include better workspace linking and adding missing features.

monorepos npm devops

TypeScript on the GPU – Bridging the Gap Between Realms

JSNation US 2025

31 min

TypeScript on the GPU – Bridging the Gap Between Realms

Iwo Plaza

Software Mansion

Ivo Plaza introduces TypeGPU, a TypeScript toolkit for WebGPU, with a live Jelly Slider demo. The demo showcases interactive features and a customizable API for dynamic color changes. TypeGPU offers extensibility for library creators, allowing intricate customization and per-pixel operations. It demonstrates GPU material animation control, WebGPU support, efficient debugging with GPU console log, and memory allocation. WebGPU enables program execution, resembling REST API interactions between front-end and back-end. TypeGPU integrates JavaScript shaders with WebGPU shading language, utilizing TGPU Resolve API for shader conversion and shader code generation. It covers compile-time operations, function calls, runtime conditions in shaders, and code optimization. TypeGPU's TINYEST format, JS to AST conversion, WebGPU usage, and integration with 3JS and React 3 Fiber are discussed, highlighting the differences between WebGL and WebGPU. The Talk emphasizes the integration of TypeGPU with 3JS and React 3 Fiber, utilizing GPU directives, marketing effects, AI for shader conversion, and future possibilities.

webgpu web standards

How to React Compiler

React Summit 2025

20 min

How to React Compiler

Top Content

Anton Nepsha

Introduction to React compiler, differences from React 19, installation of Babel plug-in React compiler, specifying target React versions, and how React compiler detects and processes component dependencies. Configuring React compiler settings, exploring default options and configurations, utilizing React compiler playground website for configurations, dealing with JSX markup re-computation. React compiler feature for extracting JSX from array map callbacks, limitations of enable function outlining, enabling JSX outlining for separate functions. Function memoization in React compiler, React compiler beta stage, potential errors with React compiler. React compiler error: memorization preservation, hidden messages, validation settings. React compiler: validation tools, hooks treatment, memorization challenges. Changing hooks to functions for React compiler optimization. React Compiler usage considerations and potential optimizations.

react

Agentic Engineering for React Teams: Give Your Coding Agent a Map

React Advanced 2026

26 min

Agentic Engineering for React Teams: Give Your Coding Agent a Map

Bart Waardenburg

Fallow Maintainer & Freelance Tech Lead, Netherlands

AI can generate a React component in seconds. The hard part is changing a real React or Next.js codebase safely: knowing what is dead, where logic is duplicated, which boundaries a refactor crosses, and how a change affects the component graph or design system.Coding agents infer this from...

tooling

Lessons From 7 Years of .IO Games: What Works, What Doesn’t Work, Where to Go From Here

JS GameDev Summit 2023

14 min

Lessons From 7 Years of .IO Games: What Works, What Doesn’t Work, Where to Go From Here

Top Content

Nathan Flurry

Rivet

I-O games are multiplayer web games that are easy to pick up but can be played for hours. Developers have added deeper game mechanics and adapted I-O games for mobile, generating high revenue. Acquiring users for I-O games is done by sharing the games to play together at school. Monetization of I-O games is primarily through ads, as it is difficult to generate in-app purchases from the web. Web standards and user-generated content are opening up new possibilities for better web games.

developer experience game development

Svelte 5: North Star

JSNation US 2024

29 min

Svelte 5: North Star

Top Content

Rich Harris

Svelte Creator

As a child, the speaker was fascinated with space and finding direction. Svelte is an HTML-first approach to web development that simplifies tasks and offers efficient reactivity. The speaker reflects on Svelte's growth, goals, and design philosophy. Svelte aims to fix broken software and prioritize user focus. The future direction includes error boundaries, better debugging, and AI's role. Building open source software is challenging, and Rust's impact is discussed. The speaker values framework diversity and highlights the advancements and challenges faced by web development.

svelte

The Meta-Harness: Scaling Agentic Development Beyond the CLI

React Advanced 2026

21 min

The Meta-Harness: Scaling Agentic Development Beyond the CLI

Max Kless

Nx/Polygraph

Agentic development feels like magic to some teams and overhyped to others. Harnesses like Claude Code or Codex have been built around the local loop, the way things have always been done: a single developer changing code before opening a PR. Inside real organizations, agents hit walls: re...

artificial intelligence

The Core of Turbopack Explained (Live Coding)

JSNation 2023

29 min

The Core of Turbopack Explained (Live Coding)

Top Content

Tobias Koppers

Webpack and Turbopack Creator

Tobias Koppers introduces TurboPack and TurboEngine, addressing the limitations of Webpack. He demonstrates live coding to showcase the optimization of cache validation and build efficiency. The talk covers adding logging and memorization, optimizing execution and tracking dependencies, implementing invalidation and watcher, and storing and deleting invalidators. It also discusses incremental compilation, integration with other monorepo tools, error display, and the possibility of a plugin system for Toolpag. Lastly, the comparison with Bunn's Builder is mentioned.

build tools builders and founders turbopack bundler

Featured

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

Agentic Interfaces: Tools, Skills, Generative UI and Web MCP

JSNation 2026

31 min

Agentic Interfaces: Tools, Skills, Generative UI and Web MCP

Wes Bos

Full Stack Developer, Speaker & Teacher, Co-host of Syntax.fm podcast.

Wes discusses the evolving ways of interacting with software, from UI to voice commands and tailored interfaces. He explores generative UI, explaining its three levels: basic, declarative, and fully generative. Discussions on finding a middle ground between known components and fully generative approaches. Discussing challenges with current MCP interfaces and the need for adaptive and reactive interfaces, using smart home examples to illustrate preferences for UI interactions and personalized automation. Exploring the versatility of WebMCP in switching between manual and agent-controlled interactions for enhanced user experiences. Discussing staying hopeful in front-end development, embracing new technologies, and the concept of dynamic UI for user-driven component selection. Discussing the importance of preserving the openness of the web, advocating against centralized control by a few companies, and the risks associated with MCPs in user consent and security.

artificial intelligence

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

npm install && pray

Node Congress 2026

29 min

npm install && pray

Jo Franchetti

PayPal

JavaScript developers face security risks in npm packages with self-replicating worms compromising packages. Supply chain attacks target prolific maintainers leading to unauthorized code injections. Vulnerabilities in package maintainers and implicit trust contribute to successful attacks. Secure package installation practices vary between npm and Deno. AI-generated code introduces new security risks with embedded secrets. Secure AI code execution involves sandboxing for isolation and secure handling of API keys.

artificial intelligence

Pragmatic 101 on Custom JS Tooling for Your Project

JSNation US 2025

122 min

Pragmatic 101 on Custom JS Tooling for Your Project

Featured Workshop

Will Klein

Let’s demystify the secrets of modern JavaScript tooling. In this workshop, you will learn how linters, compilers, and code transforms work. You will take your first steps building your own developer tools, writing an ESLint rule, a compiler plugin, and a code transformation. Learn these skills t...

tooling

Every API is a Tool for Agents with Code Mode

Node Congress 2026

32 min

Every API is a Tool for Agents with Code Mode

Matt Carey

Cloudflare

The Talk introduces APIs, Codemode, and MCP, highlighting the role of APIs in empowering agents and AI's access to external resources. CloudFlare's evolution with MCP involves remote tool sharing and addressing challenges like large context windows. Challenges in Cloudflare's API tool access include progressive tool disclosure and splitting MCP servers. The discussion covers tool search, project management API creation, CodeMode concept, and self-documenting tools for secure tool execution. Proposed solutions include Code Mode, SDK generation, efficient control flow, token efficiency, and secure code execution. Key topics include dynamic worker loaders, Cloudflare API integration, Visitor Counter implementation, and exploring MCP server functionality.

artificial intelligence

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

We Deserve a Better Streams API for the Web

Node Congress 2026

30 min

We Deserve a Better Streams API for the Web

James Snell

Workers team @Cloudflare

James Snell discusses challenges in current stream APIs, proposes a new, faster, and simpler streams API while questioning the existing Web Streams model. Discussion includes the necessity for a new API due to excessive ceremony, confusing locking mechanisms, and complex specifications, especially in controller APIs. Challenges with controller API optimization, hidden buffering, and excessive memory usage are highlighted. The talk delves into the cost and complexity of promises in JavaScript, optimizing readable streams, and managing complexity in stream implementations. Optimizing stream processing in JavaScript, data chunk processing, back pressure policies, multi-consumer patterns, and efficient branch cursor management are explored. The new API aims at simplifying stream processing by eliminating unnecessary operations, reducing promise overhead, and focusing on iterators, transforms, and back pressure for efficiency and simplified design.

performance

I Measured React Server Components’ Performance So You Don’t Have To

React Advanced 2025

22 min

I Measured React Server Components’ Performance So You Don’t Have To

Nadia Makarevich

Coder, writer, author of Advanced React book

Nadia introduces React server components and performance, highlighting the benefits of server components in improving performance and the need for a clear understanding of their impact on rendering and data fetching in React applications. Exploring Server-Side Rendering Impact on Performance: Analysis of transitioning from client-side to server-side rendering, including implications on performance and data fetching. Transforming Empty Screen to Performance Improvement: Detailed process of browser work, React rendering, and data fetching impact. Making the Shift to Server-Side Rendering: Impact on interactivity and data fetching optimization. Understanding the Benefits of AppRouter Version in SSR with Reduced JavaScript Payload and Introduction of Server Components. Investigating Smarter Server-Side Rendering with Server Components and Streaming in Next.js. Refactoring for Server Components: Async Data Fetching, Server Component Identification, and Utilizing Suspense for React Streaming Chunks. Enhancing Performance with Server Components: Balancing Rendering Approaches, Importance of Server-Side Data Fetching, and Leveraging Suspense for Improved Streaming.

performance react server components

Build a MCP (Model Context Protocol) in Node.js

JSNation US 2025

97 min

Build a MCP (Model Context Protocol) in Node.js

Featured Workshop

Julián Duque

Model Context Protocol (MCP) introduces a structured approach to LLM context management that addresses limitations in traditional prompting methods. In this workshop, you'll learn about the Model Context Protocol, its architecture, and how to build and use and MCP with Node.jsTable of Cont...

node.js

Short takes

Backend-for-Frontend Auth: The Secure JS App Architecture

JSNation US 2025

6 min

Backend-for-Frontend Auth: The Secure JS App Architecture

Kim Maida

FusionAuth

Challenges in OAuth, importance of back end security for front end, and implementation details of OAuth flow between front end, back end, and authorization server. Detailed process of token handling, session management, and user data retrieval in OAuth implementation between front end, back end, and authorization server.

security authentication

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

Trust Engineering: Replacing Hope with Reliability

TechLead Conf London 2026: Adopting AI in Orgs Edition

7 min

Trust Engineering: Replacing Hope with Reliability

Kseniia Korostelova

Mentorship available

Aristocrat Interactive

How do you deliver with AI and still sleep at night? By engineering trust into your delivery system.
In this talk, I'll share an end-to-end AI engineering workflow we built and ran on a production codebase, redefining roles, responsibilities, quality ga...

artificial intelligence

Deploy Your AI Code in Minutes

AI Coding Summit 2026

7 min

Deploy Your AI Code in Minutes

Shifra Williams

Render

Shifra guides the migration of a Repl.it app to Render with emphasis on simplicity and mock data. Ensure Render deployment requirements are met, including specifying root directory, build and start commands, and correct port. Configure GitHub repository setup, connect to Git, and create a repository. Confirm code in the repository and deploy on Render, showcasing a sample landing page.

artificial intelligence

Organic Leadership in the Age of AI: Why human Touch Becomes More Valuable Than Ever

TechLead Conf Amsterdam 2026: Adopting AI in Orgs Edition

8 min

Organic Leadership in the Age of AI: Why human Touch Becomes More Valuable Than Ever

Kseniia Korostelova

Mentorship available

Aristocrat Interactive

Reflecting on the integration of AI in software development and the implications for leadership and decision-making. AI integration in leadership: embracing context, judgment, and accountability. Principles: Context before output, Intent before optimization, Awareness before efficiency, Accountability before automation. Leadership as an ecosystem with roots, stem, and fruit; AI's role in each part. Using AI at different levels of leadership: fruit, stem, and roots. Decision-making needs context. Leadership bridges information and context gaps. AI for efficiency but human touch for depth and understanding.

case study

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

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

Arts & Engineering Composite

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

Optimizing the Path From Design to Production in Engineering Workflows

React Summit US 2025

7 min

Optimizing the Path From Design to Production in Engineering Workflows

Akbar Mirza

Figma

Akbar, developer advocate at Figma, highlights the importance of exploration, representation, and production in product development. Figma leverages design systems and AI tools for efficient transition from representation to production, optimizing expertise and automating non-critical tasks. Seamless integration between design elements and the app is achieved through tools like Code Connect and Copilot, fostering collaboration between design and code.

design

Ensuring Quality with AI

TechLead Conf Amsterdam 2026: Adopting AI in Orgs Edition

7 min

Ensuring Quality with AI

Richard Roggenkemper

Sentry

Richard Rodenkemper, senior software engineer at Sentry, discusses ensuring quality with AI. GitHub data shows exponential growth in coding. Concerns arise about the reliability of coding agents versus human engineers. Impact of AI and Cloud on code production and app quality is questioned. Challenges in code reliability despite increased production are highlighted. AI as a quality tool in software development. Importance of reliability for product success highlighted. AI's strengths in handling data and searching code base discussed. Examples of AI usage in code reviews and quality assurance at Sentry shared. AI efficiency in endpoint deprecation and system updates highlighted. AI's assistance in migrating design systems and reducing notifications using Cloud Code emphasized.

artificial intelligence

Debugging Performance With AI

JSNation 2026

6 min

Debugging Performance With AI

Bernie Sumption

AG Grid

The talk explores using AI to address challenges in rendering performance optimization, highlighting the potential of tools like Chrome developer tools MCP. Leveraging AI with these tools can streamline the process and flatten the learning curve for developers. The approach of isolating performance issues through commit analysis, including systematic testing and synthetic stress tests, is emphasized as a practical method to identify and resolve rendering performance issues effectively.

artificial intelligence

Latest

Healing the Accessibility Tree: What Actually Breaks When AI Touches Your ARIA

React Advanced 2026

26 min

Healing the Accessibility Tree: What Actually Breaks When AI Touches Your ARIA

Sulagna Ghosh

CreoWis

Let an AI model patch your accessibility tree live, and the first thing it will teach you is how it fails. Not occasionally, reliably, in specific, learnable ways: confident but wrong ARIA states, patches that compile but break keyboard flow, fixes that pass an automated audit while making the ac...

accessibility

Control, Evidence, Trust: Leading Teams When AI Writes the Code

TechLead Conf London 2026: Adopting AI in Orgs Edition

7 min

Control, Evidence, Trust: Leading Teams When AI Writes the Code

Albert Franquesa

Quality Clouds

AI assistants now write a growing share of the code your team ships, but most review processes and quality gates were designed for human authors. Reviewing more code faster isn't a strategy. In this lightning talk, Albert Franquesa introduces Control, Evidence, Trust, a simple model for leading t...

artificial intelligence

Why Software Fundamentals Still Matter

TechLead Conf London 2026: Adopting AI in Orgs Edition

31 min

Why Software Fundamentals Still Matter

Matt Pocock

Total TypeScript & AI Hero Author

Interviewing in the Post-LLM World

TechLead Conf London 2026: Adopting AI in Orgs Edition

30 min

Interviewing in the Post-LLM World

Dünya Kirkali

Author | Team Leader at Remote.com

As LLMs become everyday tools for developers, the way we interview engineers must evolve.
We will learn strategies to adapt technical interviews, embracing AI as a tool while still assessing judgment, critical thinking, and collaboration.

artificial intelligence career

The Meta-Harness: Scaling Agentic Development Beyond the CLI

React Advanced 2026

21 min

The Meta-Harness: Scaling Agentic Development Beyond the CLI

Max Kless

Nx/Polygraph

artificial intelligence

Component Testing in 2026, the Return of the Browser

React Advanced 2026

21 min

Component Testing in 2026, the Return of the Browser

Guy Nesher

Redis

Component tests started in real browsers with Karma: high fidelity, but slow feedback and painful config. Jest + JSDOM made tests fast and easy, but emulation can miss rendering, layout, and browser APIs.Playwright and Vitest Browser Mode bring back browser-first testing with headless spee...

testing debug

Beyond Rubber Ducking - Engineering in Times of AI (LLMs)

TechLead Conf London 2026: Adopting AI in Orgs Edition

28 min

Beyond Rubber Ducking - Engineering in Times of AI (LLMs)

Carlos Fuentes

Auth0

We used to explain our bugs to rubber ducks. Now, the duck talks back, writes code, and occasionally lies to our faces.

LLMs are incredible tools. They can cure "blank screen syndrome," instantly write boilerplate, and explain weird legacy code. But treating them like senior engi...

productivity

Panel Discussion: Manager or Maker? The Leadership Identity Crisis

TechLead Conf London 2026: Adopting AI in Orgs Edition

32 min

Panel Discussion: Manager or Maker? The Leadership Identity Crisis

6 authors

future of development

The Internals of compile-time CSS-in-JS

React Advanced 2026

16 min

The Internals of compile-time CSS-in-JS

Luca Schneider

Digitec Galaxus AG

Styled-components lost against Tailwind, partly due to better performance while trading it for a unique API. Can’t you have both, a fast runtime and a familiar API?We replaced styled-components with a build-time compiler in next-yak without changing a single line of user code and saw surpr...

css css-in-js

Building MCP Apps With React and GraphQL Patterns You Already Know

React Advanced 2026

20 min

Building MCP Apps With React and GraphQL Patterns You Already Know

Jerel Miller

Apollo GraphQL

You know how to build client apps—but where do client developers fit in the new world of ChatGPT and MCP? If you’ve used GraphQL before, it turns out your knowledge translates directly. This talk demonstrates how to build MCP apps using Apollo Client’s new open source AI apps integration along wi...

graphql

Node Congress 2022

35 min

Evolving the Node HTTP Client with undici

Top Content

Robert Nagy

Technical Steering Committee Member @nodejs

The Talk discusses the current state of the Node HTTP client and the problems it faces, including the lack of support for HTTP pipelining and the intrinsic link between request and response objects. The speaker introduces the library Indichy, which aims to provide a more user-friendly API for HTTP in Node. The Talk highlights the performance advantages of using WebAssembly in the Umidigi HTTP client and the plans to include it in Node Core. The speaker also mentions the support for signals and the ability to post requests in Umidigi. Additionally, the Talk covers the customization options in Undici, the different types of dispatchers available, and the potential inclusion of Indichy in Node Core. Future plans include support for HTTP 2 and 3, DNS lookup enhancements, and improvements to fetch and pool scheduling. The Talk concludes by discussing the differences in TCP implementations across operating systems and the considerations for adding Web APIs and standards to Node Core.

node.js

If You Were a React Compiler

React Summit US 2024

26 min

If You Were a React Compiler

Top Content

Tony Alicea

Tony is a bestselling Udemy and Pluralsight author, known for his online courses such as "JavaScript: Understanding the Weird Parts"

In this talk, the speaker aims to build an accurate understanding of how the new React compiler works, focusing on minimizing re-renders and improving performance. They discuss the concept of memoization and how it can be used to optimize React applications by storing the results of function calls. The React compiler automates this process by analyzing code, checking dependencies, and transpiling JSX. The speaker emphasizes the importance of being aware of memory concerns when using memoization and explains how the React compiler detects changes in function closure values. They also mention the Fibre Tree, which drives the reconciliation process and helps optimize performance in React. Additionally, the speaker touches on JSX transpilation, compiler caching, and the generation of code. They encourage developers to understand the code generated by the compiler to optimize specific sections as needed.

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Free webinar: Building Full Stack Apps With Cursor

Productivity Conf for Devs and Tech Leaders

71 min

Free webinar: Building Full Stack Apps With Cursor

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WorkshopFree

Mike Mikula

In this webinar I’ll cover a repeatable process on how to spin up full stack apps in Cursor. Expect to understand techniques such as using GPT to create product requirements, database schemas, roadmaps and using those in notes to generate checklists to guide app development. We will dive furthe...

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React's Most Useful Types

React Day Berlin 2023

21 min

React's Most Useful Types

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Matt Pocock

Total TypeScript & AI Hero Author

Today's Talk focuses on React's best types and JSX. It covers the types of JSX and React components, including React.fc and React.reactnode. The discussion also explores JSX intrinsic elements and react.component props, highlighting their differences and use cases. The Talk concludes with insights on using React.componentType and passing components, as well as utilizing the react.element ref type for external libraries like React-Select.

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Detox 101: How to write stable end-to-end tests for your React Native application

React Summit 2022

117 min

Detox 101: How to write stable end-to-end tests for your React Native application

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Workshop

Yevheniia Hlovatska

Compared to unit testing, end-to-end testing aims to interact with your application just like a real user. And as we all know it can be pretty challenging. Especially when we talk about Mobile applications.
Tests rely on many conditions and are considered to be slow and flaky....

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You Can’t Use Hooks Conditionally… or Can You?

React Summit 2023

28 min

You Can’t Use Hooks Conditionally… or Can You?

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Charlotte Isambert

Bam.tech

The Talk discusses the use of the Use hook in React and its ability to be used conditionally. It explains the concept of the fiber tree and how hooks values are stored in memory. The Talk also delves into the conditional use of useContext and how it differs from useState. It explores the process of updating context values and optimizing context rendering. The role of the provider in managing context values and rendering is emphasized.

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Next.js for React.js Developers

React Day Berlin 2023

157 min

Next.js for React.js Developers

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Adrian Hajdin

In this advanced Next.js workshop, we will delve into key concepts and techniques that empower React.js developers to harness the full potential of Next.js. We will explore advanced topics and hands-on practices, equipping you with the skills needed to build high-performance web applications and...

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HTTP/3 Performance for JS Developers

JSNation 2023

21 min

HTTP/3 Performance for JS Developers

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Robin Marx

Akamai Technologies

HTTP 3, also known as H3, is the latest version of the HTTP protocol with new performance-related features. Enabling HTTP 3 requires minimal effort and provides significant benefits, but limits fine-grained control over performance features. Zero RTT has limitations due to security reasons and restrictions on allowed requests. Resource loading and prioritization in HTTP 3 have some problems, as browsers may not agree on resource importance. Fetch priority allows fine-grained control over resource loading order, and resource discovery can be improved with 103 Early Hints. Web transport provides low-level access to QUIC and HTTP3 features for real-time use cases.

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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

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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.

Deno 2.0

Node Congress 2023

36 min

Deno 2.0

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Ryan Dahl

Node.js creator

The Talk discusses forced optimization with Node and Deno, with Deno aiming to pursue the same goals in a more expansive and modern way. Deno has built-in support for NPM and enforces security constraints. It also has a key-value database called Deno KV, which will be a core part of the Deno 2 API. Deno Deploy is a serverless Edge Functions platform powered by FoundationDB, optimized for fast reading and ideal for building eCommerce sites or application servers at the edge. Deno 2.0 is coming soon with more features under development.

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Hands-on React Server Components, Server Functions, and Forms in the Next.js App Router

React Summit US 2025

125 min

Hands-on React Server Components, Server Functions, and Forms in the Next.js App Router

Workshop

Aurora Scharff

In this workshop, we will explore React's latest features: Server Components, Server Functions, and forms. Discover how to optimize server-side rendering, build smooth user experiences with React Suspense and Transitions, and enhance application interactivity with Server Functions and new React 1...

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Lessons From Adopting React Compiler

React Summit US 2025

23 min

Lessons From Adopting React Compiler

Akash Hamirwasia

ElevenLabs

Akash Hamilwasia presenting at React Summit 2025, shares React Compiler learnings and works on an AI audio platform. Memoization in React helps optimize UI performance by preventing unnecessary re-renders. React Compiler offers automatic memoization through static code analysis. React rules emphasize purity and immutability. The compiler analyzes and memoizes code changes for optimization. React Compiler package usage improves performance through code analysis. Understanding reactivity issues is crucial for handling React state. Compiler optimization requires correct dependency arrays and usage of external libraries. Measure React Compiler impact using React Profiler for optimization and real user impact analysis.

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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

Clerk

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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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.

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Plug and Play Design: Building Extendable React Applications

React Summit US 2025

29 min

Plug and Play Design: Building Extendable React Applications

Mateusz Jagodziński

Workflow Builder

Mateusz Jagodziński, principal developer at Synergy Codes, shares insights on Plug and Play Design Building Extendable React Applications, discussing feature flags, modularity, and real-world use cases. Challenges of feature flags, the concept of alternative modular design for feature management, and the importance of modularity in code organization and development. Configurability and limitations in feature management, showcasing a plugin-based design for flexible tool versions and code manipulation. Explanation of plug and play design for code manipulation and version control with full type safety in TypeScript projects. Exposing functions to register new plugins, organizing plugins' logic within individual folders, and implementing a build setup with a replacement mechanism for plugin files. Replacing missing plugins with a fallback code, enforcing restriction on direct plugin imports, and visualizing the relationship between plugins, adapters, and application components. Exploring pros and cons of self-contained plugins, addressing implementation overhead, and discussing the value of enforced modularity for AI coding tools. Discussing plugin management decisions based on client needs and the scalability of the approach with changing requirements and minor tweaks. Handling plugin version tracking, automated testing challenges, and feature control based on environments. Adapters and maintaining plugin compatibility through iterations and cosmetic changes, leveraging existing solutions for simplicity. Discussing the implications of not shipping separate builds for multiple customers and considering the benefits of smaller bundle size. Exploring the ease of trying out new features with separate plugins to assess overhead and developer experience.

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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