Jessica Sachs

AI has given non-engineers real creative power — and we have a role in making that power production-ready. This talk covers how to introduce just enough engineering culture to your product managers, designers, and domain experts: version control, code review, deployment pipelines, and the JS tooling that makes it all approachable. Let’s explore a company culture where great ideas come from anywhere and they ship safely and confidently, with engineering leading the way.

AI has given non-engineers real creative power — and we have a role in making that power production-ready. This talk covers how to introduce just enough engineering culture to your product managers, designers, and domain experts: version control, code review, deployment pipelines, and the JS tooling that makes it all approachable. Let’s explore a company culture where great ideas come from anywhere and they ship safely and confidently, with engineering leading the way.

Tired of keeping up with the latest JavaScript test runners? You're not alone. Let's take a journey from the days of Selenium (//div[@class='nightmare']) to the refreshing simplicity of Vitest. Through conversations with framework creators and battle-scarred developers, we'll explore why we keep reinventing testing tools—and why that's not always a bad thing. You'll learn when to jump on new testing trends, when to stick with what works, and why sometimes the best choice is just clicking through your app like it's 1999. Perfect for anyone who's ever wondered 'Do we really need another test runner?' (Spoiler: Sometimes we do.)

Many organizations with component libraries are working on upgrades for their Vue 2 apps so that they can support Vue 3. Sometimes it's not easy! Ideally, you could write your code once and cross-compile it for different Vue runtimes. In this talk, we'll do exactly that. At the end, you'll have a recipe for shipping libraries that support both Vue 2 and Vue 3.