React Advanced 2026

Brad Westfall has been teaching Web Development since 2010 including bootcamp instruction, online videos, conference speaking, writing at CSS-Tricks.com, and corporate training for ReactTraining.com. He loves to connect with students by helping them achieve their technical goals and by distilling complex concepts into simple instruction.

Muhyideen Akindele is a Senior Frontend Engineer with over seven years of experience building high-performance web and mobile applications across fintech, edtech, and gaming. He currently leads frontend architecture building production AI products like streaming interfaces, real-time LLM chat systems, and multi-step agent studios used by thousands of users daily. His work sits at the intersection of frontend engineering and AI product development, with a particular focus on how interfaces should behave when the system is still thinking. He is passionate about the craft of frontend engineering and the unique challenges that come with making complex, non-deterministic systems feel calm and trustworthy to the people using them.

Neciu Dan is the technical co-founder and tech lead of CareerOS, where he spearheads the development, maintenance, and scaling of the main application. Bringing over 12 years of engineering expertise to the table, Dan has a proven track record in the tech industry, having previously served as a Senior Product Engineer at the New York E-commerce brand, AdoreMe, and as a Senior Software Engineer at the food delivery company, Glovo.

I'm a Founding Engineer at Tria, building a universal crypto super-app. I've spent my career on the dev-tools and component-library side of the ecosystem, co-authoring NativeBase and driving gluestack-ui and its near-zero-runtime style engine, plus a fair amount of Babel, Webpack, and code-gen AI tooling along the way. I'm drawn to the experimental edges of React. When I'm not coding I'm playing guitar, singing, gaming, or out in nature.

Jerel is a Sr Staff Software Engineer at Apollo GraphQL maintaining the Apollo TypeScript Client living in beautiful Colorado, USA. He loves the art of software development and finding creative solutions to challenging problems.

Hey! My name is Lars Olson, I am a Senior Software Engineer @ TAIT, one of the leading engineering and automation companies for the live entertainment industry. In my free time, you can find me hiking, skiing, or working on my side project, My Hometown Recipes!

Based out of Toronto, Canada, Abhijeet Prasad helps maintain Braintrust's open source AI Observability SDKs. He's super passionate about web standards and helping people write faster, cleaner code. When he’s not debugging performance problems or practicing the dark arts of monkey-patching, you can find him diving into fantasy novels or playing armchair NBA team GM.

I'm a full-stack engineer from Budapest, building across React, rendering architecture, and games. Most of my work begins with a simple question and ends somewhere software feels less like a product and more like a world taking shape.

Luca Schneider is a Senior Software Engineer at Digitec Galaxus, Switzerland's largest e-commerce platform. He co-created next-yak alongside Jan Nicklas (creator of html-webpack-plugin), a compile-time CSS-in-JS library that brings the styled-components API to the build-time era. His rabbit hole of choice is frontend infrastructure (compilers, bundlers and tools that shape how developers write code) and outside of work he’s learning to throw pottery.

Gil is a Performance Architect at Wix Viewer. For the past nine years, he has been helping build the application that powers Wix websites. As part of the Viewer team, Gil works on making it easy for anyone to create their dream website and for developers to extend the functionality of their Wix websites. With over 10 years of experience in software development, Gil started his career in networking and Linux but always had a passion for web development. For the past four years, he’s been leading the Viewer performance team, working on Wix websites performance and ensuring they load as fast as possible. In his free time, Gil likes working out at the park, playing basketball, and working on his personal projects—many of them built with AI ;)

Vishnu is a builder who loves creating things that make people say, “How did I live without this?” His work spans AI engineering, on-device AI, developer tools, web performance, data platforms, and consumer products used by millions. Over the years, he has built across the stack, from scalable backend systems and modern web applications to AI-powered experiences that bring advanced technology closer to everyday users. Equal parts engineer and product thinker, he is passionate about turning messy, complex challenges into simple experiences that just work. He enjoys sharing stories, lessons, and occasional scars collected while building products in the real world through conferences, communities, and meetups.

Alem Tuzlak is a software engineer and entrepreneur from Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the Founder of Code Forge. He builds open-source tooling and products in the TanStack ecosystem and React Router/Remix, and is known for creating developer-focused libraries and devtools that help teams build, debug, and ship faster. He is best known for his work on TanStack AI & TanStack Devtools. Alongside his engineering work, Alem teaches and shares practical insights through workshops, writing, YouTube and community work.

Highly specialized in FE development space in silicon valley, worked on many big tech companies including Google, Deepmind, Meta, Tiktok, Linkedin etc.

Sam Abaasi is a Staff Frontend Engineer and squad lead at MTN Irancell, where he architected a Camunda‑based workflow platform replacing a legacy Huawei system. He owns the full frontend platform – React, TypeScript, BPMN/DMN tooling. He is the author of three in‑depth technical series: “How JavaScript Works” (10 parts), “How React Works” (9 parts, source‑verified), and the definitive 23‑part guide to the bpmn‑io form‑js module system.

I have over six years of experience in designing and developing dynamic websites with interactive features that drive business growth and improve user experience. I use React.js with Next.js in frontend development, creating static site generation (SSG) and server-side rendering (SSR) pages, and refactoring projects from Angular.js to React.js. I also use Redux for state management, Cypress for end-to-end, integration, and component testing, and Tailwind.css and Material-UI for building custom themes. I am passionate about web performance and SEO optimization, and I use Webpack, Gulp, Babel, and Eslint to implement best practices and solutions. I also work with API-centric design approach, use CSS3 and HTML5 for designing websites, and use JavaScript ES6+ features to develop the entire website. I have experience in checking pull requests, implementing Scrum strategies, and collaborating with other frontend teams.

Jonas spent years supporting startups as a React and Next.js freelancer. Now, he leverages his expertise as a Developer Success Engineer at Vercel to help customers succeed. When he's not programming, Jonas enjoys preparing the perfect espresso.

Nonso is a developer, writer, and tinkerer that enjoys pushing the boundaries of web development. He has a passion for creating software that empowers others to bring their ideas to life. Currently, he is a senior software developer at Konrad Group, where he actively builds solutions for various clients in the digital space. When he's not at his desk developing, you can find him rocking climbing, jumping out of airplanes, and seeing what new photography gear he can get his hands on!

Senior Software Engineer with 9+ years of experience building scalable web applications using React, TypeScript, and Node.js. I specialize in frontend architecture, shared component systems, and performance optimization across large-scale enterprise platforms. Currently at EPAM Systems, I work on distributed systems powering multiple production applications. I’m passionate about building maintainable systems, mentoring engineers, and exploring the intersection of AI and modern web development.