Alex Russell

SPAs were always based on contingent logic. For the benefits to materialise, users must spend a great deal of time in the same interface, updating state in-place. This never described the majority of experiences, where very little is persisted across screens and critical user journeys. As the industry moves away from SPAs and the frameworks they popularised, one of the largest hurdles for teams rethinking their approach is retaining the trust of managers who previously signed off on the very SPAs that now feel slow and shabby. Getting management on board with View Transitions isn't just a technical hurdle, it's an organisational journey. This talk boils down the types of evidence and approaches that help senior leaders develop confidence in the new analysis, making the post-React world feel attainable.

The promise of the web is universal access to services across OSes and devices without gatekeepers, but like all systems, the web isn't what it promises – it's what it does. And today, the web is increasingly exclusionary. The roots of this exclusion are a mismatch between the reality of the hardware and networks users access our services from versus our expectations of those same devices and networks. The trends that put wind into JavaScript's sails on the client side in the early 2010's have long since stopped blowing. So, what now? This talk digs into the network and device reality we must confront, and why our future as web developers depends on what we do here and now.