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Today's Talk discusses the future of performance tooling, focusing on user-centric, actionable, and contextual approaches. The introduction highlights Adi Osmani's expertise in performance tools and his passion for DevTools features. The Talk explores the integration of user flows into DevTools and Lighthouse, enabling performance measurement and optimization. It also showcases the import/export feature for user flows and the collaboration potential with Lighthouse. The Talk further delves into the use of flows with other tools like web page test and Cypress, offering cross-browser testing capabilities. The actionable aspect emphasizes the importance of metrics like Interaction to Next Paint and Total Blocking Time, as well as the improvements in Lighthouse and performance debugging tools. Lastly, the Talk emphasizes the iterative nature of performance improvement and the user-centric, actionable, and contextual future of performance tooling.

This talk explores the use of AI in web development, including tools like GitHub Copilot and Fig for CLI commands. AI can generate boilerplate code, provide context-aware solutions, and generate dummy data. It can also assist with CSS selectors and regexes, and be integrated into applications. AI is used to enhance the podcast experience by transcribing episodes and providing JSON data. The talk also discusses formatting AI output, crafting requests, and analyzing embeddings for similarity.

Rome is a toolchain built in Rust that aims to replace multiple tools and provide high-quality diagnostics for code maintenance. It simplifies tool interactions by performing all operations once, generating a shared structure for all tools. Rome offers a customizable format experience with a stable formatter and a linter with over 150 rules. It integrates with VCS and VLSP, supports error-resilient parsing, and has exciting plans for the future, including the ability to create JavaScript plugins. Rome aims to be a top-notch toolchain and welcomes community input to improve its work.

Setting up the system and separating concerns are important in software development. Modular construction and prefab units are a new trend that makes construction quicker and easier. Architectural complexity can lead to a drop in productivity and an increase in defects. Measuring architectural complexity can help identify natural modules in the code. Best practices for avoiding architectural complexity include organizing code by business domain and using prop drilling. Atomic design and organizing a monorepo are recommended approaches for managing architectural complexity.

The Talk discusses imposter syndrome and reframes it as being a professional imposter. It emphasizes the importance of sharing and starting, embracing imposterism, and building inclusively for the web. The speaker shares personal experiences of being an imposter in various technical disciplines and highlights the significance of accessibility. The Talk concludes with the idea of building a collective RPG game to remove excuses for not making things accessible.

Today's Talk explores the complexity in code and its impact. It discusses different methods of measuring complexity, such as cyclomatic complexity and cognitive complexity. The importance of understanding and conquering complexity is emphasized, with a demo showcasing complexity in a codebase. The Talk also delves into the need for change and the role of refactoring in dealing with complexity. Tips and techniques for refactoring are shared, including the use of language features and tools to simplify code. Overall, the Talk provides insights into managing and reducing complexity in software development.