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Mar 26 - 27, 2026
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AI Coding Summit 2026
Feb 26 - 27, 2026
TechLead Conf London 2025: Adopting AI in Orgs Edition
TechLead Conf London 2025: Adopting AI in Orgs Edition
Nov 28, 2025
React Advanced 2025
React Advanced 2025
Nov 27 - Dec 1, 2025
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Nov 18 - 21, 2025
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JSNation US 2025
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AI Coding Summit 2025
AI Coding Summit 2025
Oct 23 - 24, 2025
TechLead Conference 2025: AI in Orgs
TechLead Conference 2025: AI in Orgs
Sep 18 - 19, 2025
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React Summit 2025
Jun 13 - 17, 2025
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JSNation 2025
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Node Congress 2025
Apr 17, 2025
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Productivity Conf for Devs and Tech Leaders
Mar 27 - 28, 2025
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No REST for Cap'n Web
Node Congress 2026Node Congress 2026
23 min
No REST for Cap'n Web
Kenton Varda advocates for using CapnWeb, an RPC protocol, over REST for web APIs, emphasizing benefits for humans and AI agents. CapnWeb simplifies client-server communications by treating them as function calls. TypeScript type checking ensures method accuracy in CapnWeb across JavaScript runtimes. Stubs in CapnWeb allow method calls to execute on remote objects and simulate all possible method names for remote calls. Converting REST APIs to CapnWeb streamlines code and improves API calls. CapnWeb enhances API functionality with object-specific RPC sessions and promises pipelining for multilevel API optimization. AI agent security challenges are addressed with sandboxing and token protection in CapnWeb. CapnWeb capabilities for AI agents include passing restricted CapnWeb stubs and exploring capability-based security with CapnProto.
Node.js: More Threads Than You Think
React Advanced 2025React Advanced 2025
32 min
Node.js: More Threads Than You Think
The talk covers a range of topics including Node.js evolution to a multi-threaded system, scaling with the cluster module, managing PM2 for efficient orchestration, challenges in SSR frameworks, TCP SO reuse port for resource utilization, VAT architecture for smart service routing, zero downtime deployment with shared cache, performance benchmark results, PM2 performance challenges, legality and functionality of TCP SO reuse port, kernel balancing considerations, tool comparison between PM2 and Deno, cache consistency challenges, VAT architecture with worker thread recovery, T-scaling for vertical scaling, and updating Node V6 applications.
The State of Node.js Security
Node Congress 2026Node Congress 2026
27 min
The State of Node.js Security
Introducing Node.js security overview, defining vulnerabilities, non-vulnerabilities, and preventive measures. Discussing Node.js API input validation, real vulnerabilities like HTTP server crashes, and the importance of Node.js security in widely used platforms. Discussing the importance of Node.js maintenance, the introduction of experimental permissions in Node.js 20, and the seatbelt philosophy to protect against malicious code. Discussing the importance of maintaining up-to-date Node.js versions and using tools like npx isMyNodeVulnerable for security checks. Discussing the importance of Node.js security releases, funding, and dependency vulnerability assessment for a safer Node.js environment. Using Node.js Dependency Vulnerability Assessment to evaluate and address potential vulnerabilities, ensuring automated security checks and updates for a safer Node.js environment. Automating Node.js security release process, including configuration files for dependencies, extensive testing across various environments, and creating security release issues and blog posts automatically. Support for various environments, extensive testing with over 55 suites and 5,000 unit tests, automation efforts to streamline processes, and the establishment of a maintenance threat model for enhanced security measures. For a single pull request, it takes six hours to run tests, automation efforts in progress, maintenance threat model to address security risks, permission model roadmap, ongoing discussions on security reports, and plans for the Node.js Collaborator Summit. Active community involvement in Node.js security development, four security releases from 2024 to 2026 addressing various vulnerabilities, end-of-life version strategy with Node.js 16 and 18 having high weekly downloads, and the approach to issuing CVEs for end-of-life versions. Node.js project's strategy adjustment for CVEs to include end-of-life versions, importance of Node.js threat model, trust boundaries, and developer responsibilities. Node.js protection against network data, upgrade recommendations for different Node.js versions, and upcoming changes in Node.js release schedule.
Rethinking React Styling for the RSC Era
React Advanced 2025React Advanced 2025
19 min
Rethinking React Styling for the RSC Era
Bree discusses the evolution of React styling with React 19, Tailwind, and server-side rendering components, emphasizing static CSS generation. The shift towards native CSS and CSS modules for better scalability and control, and the rise in popularity of Tailwind CSS for its utility-first approach. Challenges in React styling implementations include runtime libraries, streaming UI, scalable theming, and overhead reduction. Panda CSS emerges as a potential successor to Tailwind CSS, offering a blend of CSS and JS experience. Styling decisions in 2025 are philosophical, with Tailwind for speed, Panda CSS for complex design systems, and CSS modules for stability.
Building the Node-API Conformance Test Suite
Node Congress 2026Node Congress 2026
18 min
Building the Node-API Conformance Test Suite
Kane introduces a Node.js project for a conformance test suite aiming to address compatibility issues across different runtimes like Deno and React Native. The suite ensures standardized tests for Node API, abstracting V8 for Node.js internals. It focuses on cross-runtime standardization, test porting progress, and calls for contributors to address challenges in Node API testing.
One Config File To Rule Them All
Node Congress 2026Node Congress 2026
19 min
One Config File To Rule Them All
Marco Ippolito discusses the complexities of configuring NodeJS features and the need for a centralized config file. He explains the challenges of managing multiple flags for different features and demonstrates how to enhance developer experience by using specific flags to address TypeScript integration and testing procedures. The text discusses the challenges of managing multiple configuration flags in NodeJS and introduces the concept of using node options as an alternative to passing numerous flags directly after the node command. Node options provide a solution for managing configuration flags in NodeJS, simplifying the command structure and enabling the use of .mfile for configuration settings. I sent a PR to introduce the experimental config file feature in Node.js, including two major flags: experimental default config file and experimental config file, allowing customization of configuration settings through JSON files with version-matched schemas for IDE support and auto-completion. V8 flags in Node.js provide customization options, with a priority hierarchy among CLI, Node options, and config files, excluding no-op flags. Node 25 introduces new namespaces for test configuration, watch settings, and permissions, simplifying the configuration process and enhancing developer experience. Node.js JSON configuration offers convenience with a built-in JSON parser and plans for more namespaces and explanatory text in the JSON schema to simplify configuration management.
How I Hacked React Native DevTools (And Built a Plugin Framework)
React Advanced 2025React Advanced 2025
20 min
How I Hacked React Native DevTools (And Built a Plugin Framework)
Simon explains the necessity of a custom React Native DevTools plugin framework due to the limitations of existing tools like Flipper and the lack of plugin support in React Native DevTools. Szymon Chmal, React Native expert at Callstack, explains the constraints of the custom DevTools framework plugin and the unique characteristics of React Native DevTools. The implementation involves bundling code via npm & Metro, using Chrome DevTools protocol for communication, and customizing DevTools frontend and middleware with Rosenite. Further customization includes injecting middleware for UI, adding custom scripts for dynamic content, accessing DevTools UI API for creating custom panels, bridging communication between plugins, and exploring the Resonight network activity plugin for inspecting headers and responses.
AgentCraft: Putting the Orc in Agent Orchestration
AI Coding Summit 2026AI Coding Summit 2026
10 min
AgentCraft: Putting the Orc in Agent Orchestration
Welcome to AgentCraft with Iddo Salomon, AI lead. Scale up agents for efficient work but consider cognitive overload. Agent orchestrators are crucial for task management and real-time reactions. AgentCraft is a tool inspired by real-time strategy games to manage agents effectively, with features like heroes and buildings. It visualizes repository files through terrain projection, simplifies code inspection, and enhances task management with cloud code support. Task delivery is streamlined with code merging, quests, and hero summoning for project improvement.
The Cake Is a Lie... And So Is Your Login’s Accessibility
React Advanced 2025React Advanced 2025
29 min
The Cake Is a Lie... And So Is Your Login’s Accessibility
Welcome to React Advanced! Disappointed about the cake. Let's discuss accessibility and a mysterious waking up scenario in a strange room. A metaphorical scenario with a confusing room and inaccessible apps, linked to the game Portal as a puzzle platformer series with challenging levels and a taunting AI named Gladys. Discussing the spectrum of disability, including temporary and situational disabilities like wearing glasses affecting screen readability and the importance of considering accessibility in all applications. Discussing the importance of true accessibility in projects and the need to go beyond the legal requirements for genuine inclusivity. Exploring the importance of keyboard accessibility and focus indication for non-visual users. Exploring the functionality of screen readers across different operating systems and demonstrating its use in a web accessibility context with voiceover functionality.
React Native as a Gaming UI System in Unreal Engine
React Advanced 2025React Advanced 2025
20 min
React Native as a Gaming UI System in Unreal Engine
Talk on React Native as a Gaming UI System in Unreal Engine, covering the integration journey, importance in mobile app development, and current methods of game UI creation. Innovative approach of rendering UI in games using a browser headlessly onto a texture. Challenges and benefits of using React Native for game UIs, including handling JavaScript overrides and showcasing a demo. Exploration of applying shaders to React Native UI in a gaming context and invitation to engage with React Native on Unreal Engine for future game development.
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How React Applications Get Hacked in the Real-World
React Summit 2022React Summit 2022
7 min
How React Applications Get Hacked in the Real-World
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How to hack a RealWorld live React application in seven minutes. Tips, best practices, and pitfalls when writing React code. XSS and cross-site scripting in React. React's secure by default, but not always. The first thing to discover: adding a link to a React application. React code vulnerability: cross-site scripting with Twitter link. React doesn't sanitize or output H ref attributes. Fix attempts: detect JavaScript, use dummy hashtag, transition to lowercase. Control corrector exploit. Best practices: avoid denialist approach, sanitize user inputs. React's lack of sanitization and output encoding for user inputs. Exploring XSS vulnerabilities and the need to pretty print JSON. The React JSON pretty package and its potential XSS risks. The importance of context encoding and secure coding practices.
Spec Driven Development: The End of Vibe Coding
AI Coding Summit 2026AI Coding Summit 2026
21 min
Spec Driven Development: The End of Vibe Coding
Welcome to spec-driven development talk by Daniel Sogel. AI agents struggle with benchmarks and real-world tasks. Developers spend extra time fixing code generated by AI agents. Security issues in AI-generated code, limitations with context management, multi-file coordination, silent failures, architecture decisions, and enterprise context challenges addressed by Spectre from development. AI agents removing safety checks, generating code with fake data, silent failures worse than crashes, spectrum development benefits like complete context upfront, structured reasoning, validation checkpoints, and autonomous implementation without manual code review. Act with AI agents like pair programmers, combine spectrum, behavior-driven, and test-driven development. Spec-driven development adoption in the industry, using Keyro IDE by AWS and popular tools like SpecKit and OpenSpec for different project types. Define tech stack, API structure in planning, task phase implementation, handover to AI agents, and choosing the right spec-driven development tools.
Agentic by Default: Rethinking Developer Workflows with Claude Code
AI Coding Summit 2026AI Coding Summit 2026
29 min
Agentic by Default: Rethinking Developer Workflows with Claude Code
The Talk delves into agent decoding in Cloud Code, emphasizing the importance of planning, acting, and verifying changes systematically. It explores maximizing efficiency through Cloud Code acting as an agent, reasoning, reading, writing code, and using tools for successful outcomes. The discussion covers enhancing task planning, utilizing subagents for specialized assistance, and optimizing tool use with MCP integration. It introduces Cloud Skills, plugins for team collaboration, and efficient tool utilization with parallel workflows. The concept of non-interactive agents, guided autonomy, and steps for experiencing agent decoding are also highlighted.
Beyond Vibe Coding: Differentiated Workflows with Antigravity
AI Coding Summit 2026AI Coding Summit 2026
10 min
Beyond Vibe Coding: Differentiated Workflows with Antigravity
Alex Astrum
Rody Davis
2 authors
Alex and Rodi discuss antigravity, a powerful coding agent that unifies Google tools. The agent manager orchestrates multiple agents, providing a higher-level view than just code. Features include an AI editor, agent-controlled Chrome browser, and best practices for agent autonomy and usage. AI steering takes time before feeling intuitive. Anti-gravity offers fast and planning modes for building efficiently. The planning mode allows fine-tuning and execution of complex tasks. Playground validates ideas before full projects. The playground in AntiGravity validates project ideas. Image generation, Nano Banana Pro, and Gemini 3 enhance design output. Skills support deep context tasks. Asynchronous nature enables efficient project development. Browser agent serves as a versatile tool for bug fixing. Manual control and inspiration amidst automation. Transition to agent manager for enhanced visibility and decision-making. Encouragement to explore diverse agent-led experiences and updates for workflow improvement.
Unlocking the Power of the Dependency Graph
Node Congress 2026Node Congress 2026
19 min
Unlocking the Power of the Dependency Graph
Rui Adorno emphasizes the power of dependency graphs in JavaScript projects, highlighting the underutilized graph structure and the importance of understanding metadata. The discussion delves into advanced dependency selector syntax, integrating query language with VLT client for updates and additions, running tests, and updating versions. The exploration of VLT client features includes secure package installs, phased installation processes, and DSS capabilities. Multi-project package filtering is expanded through DSS query language with a host local selector for benefits like script inspection and AI agents.
From Segments to Suspense: The Future of Next.js Caching
React Advanced 2025React Advanced 2025
27 min
From Segments to Suspense: The Future of Next.js Caching
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.
Out Of Order Streaming (The Secret Powering Modern React)
React Summit US 2024React Summit US 2024
29 min
Out Of Order Streaming (The Secret Powering Modern React)
I'm the second-best TypeScript YouTuber. I'm giving a talk on streaming in React and the benefits it brings to applications. Streaming allows for faster perceived loading times by sending partial HTML to the browser, rendering it and waiting for the rest to complete. Server-side loading can cause delays, but this can be improved by caching HTML on a CDN. Streaming HTML in a different order has been a challenge, but there are JavaScript solutions. Optimizing HTML streaming with Suspense and dynamic I.O. can further improve loading times. Using suspense in client-side rendering and addressing challenges with Next.js React model are interesting patterns. Caching can now be done at a more granular level, improving SEO and reducing load on the host server. Rendering on the server is not a big penalty compared to multiple API requests. Thank you all.
Build your JS Pipeline in Incremental Fashion with GitLab
DevOps.js Conf 2021DevOps.js Conf 2021
32 min
Build your JS Pipeline in Incremental Fashion with GitLab
GitLab supports the entire DevOps cycle and uses tools like YesLint, Jest, Docker, and Kubernetes. Cache and validation are major challenges in DevOps. GitLab's auto DevOps feature simplifies Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm. Customization and advanced options are available in GitLab. GitLab's pipeline allows for optimizing job dependencies and continuous improvement. The average duration of front-end build pipelines is under 10 minutes for most people. Running a build and pipeline process in GitLab involves job calculations, runner setup, and hidden logic. GitLab can help with running front-end in Kubernetes and has a DAG visualizer. Dealing with flaky tests in the frontend is a challenge in GitLab pipelines.
How I Build Web Applications in 2026
AI Coding Summit 2026AI Coding Summit 2026
31 min
How I Build Web Applications in 2026
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Kent C. Dodds discusses building web applications in 2026, highlighting the importance of user experience and challenges in offline video downloads. Recent AI advancements in the Epic Workshop app enable offline video downloads with features like bulk downloads and quality control. Efficient AI agent management using agents like Cursor transforms workflow. Leveraging Laravel and Ruby on Rails, Ask Mode enhances project understanding by communicating with AI agents. Emphasizing clear task scoping, iterative planning, and agent feedback improves project development. Utilizing MCP tools and agent workflow, including BugBot for code review, optimizes app development. Closing the agent loop and emphasizing architecture's role in utilizing agent input context are crucial. The talk invites developers to become experienced AI agent managers and join the mailing list for updates.
npm install && pray
Node Congress 2026Node Congress 2026
29 min
npm install && pray
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.
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Everyone Is Now a Manager - Interfaces in the World of Agents
TechLead Conf London 2025: Adopting AI in Orgs EditionTechLead Conf London 2025: Adopting AI in Orgs Edition
6 min
Everyone Is Now a Manager - Interfaces in the World of Agents
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.
Improve Your Presentation Skills by Scripting Your Live Coding Demos to Perfection
React Summit 2025React Summit 2025
8 min
Improve Your Presentation Skills by Scripting Your Live Coding Demos to Perfection
Elio's tips for perfect live coding: Minimize distractions, prepare well with light themes and larger fonts, adjust cursor style, avoid hover panels. Stay focused on one application during presentations. Changing settings for clarity, stressing the importance of tools like Demo Time for scripted presentations within Visual Studio Code, eliminating context switching between applications, and facilitating audience interaction with shared repositories. Exploring actions in Demo Time: creating code, opening files, highlighting code, and executing VS Code commands for a cleaner presentation. Utilizing Slides for Markdown presentations within Demo Time.
Optimizing the Path From Design to Production in Engineering Workflows
React Summit US 2025React Summit US 2025
7 min
Optimizing the Path From Design to Production in Engineering Workflows
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.
Zero-Styling Development: Utopia or the Future of Frontend?
React Summit 2025React Summit 2025
7 min
Zero-Styling Development: Utopia or the Future of Frontend?
Mateusz Jagodziński presenting on Zero Styling Development and the challenges faced with manual styling implementations, leading to the adoption of a zero styling approach for efficiency and consistency in design implementation. Workflow Builder adopts a zero-styling approach beginning with design tokens in Figma, followed by automation for CSS generation and implementation using CSS variables, ensuring easy styling changes without developer intervention.
Deploy Your AI Code in Minutes
AI Coding Summit 2026AI Coding Summit 2026
7 min
Deploy Your AI Code in Minutes
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.
From Experiment to Enterprise: Scaling AI Coding Assistants Across Engineering Teams
TechLead Conf London 2025: Adopting AI in Orgs EditionTechLead Conf London 2025: Adopting AI in Orgs Edition
9 min
From Experiment to Enterprise: Scaling AI Coding Assistants Across Engineering Teams
Sharing insights on scaling AI coding assistance & adopting AI native dev tools. Discussing the need for a shift from viewing adoption as a tech problem to a change management challenge. Exploring a tactical framework with three key phases: onboard, adopt, succeed. Emphasizing the importance of onboarding developers, ensuring access to licenses, and setting clear policies to avoid 'shadow AI'. Highlighting the necessity of human infrastructure for successful AI dev tool implementation, including AI advocates, communities of practice, and executive sponsorship. Adoption strategies require a focus on interconnected metrics and all pillars simultaneously. Leadership checklist for post-conference actions involves measuring metrics, distinguishing between strategic and tactical points, and staying connected through platforms like WhatsApp and LinkedIn.
Next.js Adapters: Build Once, Deploy Everywhere
React Summit 2025React Summit 2025
7 min
Next.js Adapters: Build Once, Deploy Everywhere
Hello, React Summit. Excited to talk about Next.js adapters. Evolution towards adapter solutions to simplify deployment complexities. Minimalist adapter interface for customization and structured output handling. Key hooks and configurations for platform-specific optimizations. Partners collaboration for enhanced experiences in Next.js deployments. Simplified, platform-agnostic deployments for better developer experience.
A JS Dev's Guide to Not Dismissing Blockchain
JSNation US 2025JSNation US 2025
8 min
A JS Dev's Guide to Not Dismissing Blockchain
Brian Wipo, Developer Relations lead at the Algorand Foundation, discusses the relevance of blockchain in 2025 and its impact on developers. Algorand's high-performance blockchain addresses key issues faced by other platforms, enabling new markets and real-world applications like tokenized assets and supply chain traceability. In 2025, blockchain excels in disintermediating markets, tracking data integrity, and creating new markets such as fractional ownership of assets. Real businesses on Algorand include tokenized solar panels, real estate ownership, supply chain traceability, and more. Using a para wallet with a mastercard debit card, you can buy items at the store with stable coins. Algorand TypeScript 1.0 simplifies writing smart contracts on the chain in TypeScript. TypeScript developers can now integrate blockchain using a compiler that transforms code into Teal assembly language for blockchain execution.
How To Get The Most Out Of the Cloud As A Front-End Developer
React Summit US 2025React Summit US 2025
7 min
How To Get The Most Out Of the Cloud As A Front-End Developer
Front-end developers benefit from cloud services like AWS S3 and Lambda. AWS offers services like Cognito for identity management and Bedrock AI models. AWS Amplify provides Hosting and Cloud Development Kit for efficient development. The Cloud Development Kit is recommended for TypeScript deployment. AWS Amplify connects front-end to AWS services and SDK for back-end. QR code feedback is available for the talk.
Server Components Wars: PHP Strikes Back
React Summit 2025React Summit 2025
6 min
Server Components Wars: PHP Strikes Back
Edoardo, a senior dev rel at Storyblok, delves into server components' intricacies, urging a better understanding. The evolution from PHP to React marked a shift in web development paradigms, emphasizing server-side rendering and dynamic client interactions. Facebook transitioned from PHP to React, introducing XHP subset. Isomorphic JavaScript and server-side rendering emerged with data requests and content rendering. React server components enable server-side rendering with data fetched from DBMS or CMS, emphasizing patterns for seamless transitions to new frameworks.
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10 Years of Best of JS
JSNation 2025JSNation 2025
28 min
10 Years of Best of JS
Michael discusses the evolution of JavaScript from its early days to modern server-side capabilities, the impact of jQuery, Node.js, and single-page applications with popular libraries like Backbone and AngularJS. The emergence of UI libraries like React, Vue.js, and Angular, alongside meta frameworks like Next.js, Remix, Veltkit, and Solid with server components. The Best of JS project tracks JavaScript project trends, filters out deprecated projects, and monitors GitHub stars for maintenance. The importance of maintaining project relevance, adding new projects continuously, and classifying projects under meaningful tags. The evolution of TypeScript, tool releases like Deno and Burn, styling evolution from CSS to headless components, and the impact of Tailwind CSS. Analysis of CSS optimization, CLI ecosystem, tooling trends, emerging tools, and JavaScript development trends over the past decade.
Temporal: The Curious Incident of the Wrong Nighttime
JSNation 2025JSNation 2025
25 min
Temporal: The Curious Incident of the Wrong Nighttime
Speaker's involvement in Temporal proposal and TC39 meetings for JavaScript standardization. Date conversion challenges faced in development. Addressing time zone discrepancies with Temporal to prevent bugs. Exploration of Temporal types and design philosophy. Usage of Java's time zone serialization in JavaScript Temporal. Challenges in implementing Temporal proposal and its transformative potential in ECMAScript.
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Lessons From Adopting React Compiler
React Summit US 2025React Summit US 2025
23 min
Lessons From Adopting React Compiler
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.
The State of React and the Community in 2025
React Summit 2025React Summit 2025
29 min
The State of React and the Community in 2025
Mark Erickson discusses the state of React in 2025, React community debates on React's direction and misconceptions, React's shift towards client-side frameworks and SSR emphasis, React's feature development process at Meta and Vercel, controversy around Vercel's server components involvement, tight relationship between React and Next, React team's emphasis on frameworks for app performance, critique of React's heavy-handed framework recommendation, React team's delay in adding VEET as a recommended tool, challenges with server components' origins and communication, no official signals support planned for React 19, social media impact on React development decisions, React community diversity and server components usage insights, React's evolving black box concept and tradeoffs discussed.
How to React Compiler
React Summit 2025React Summit 2025
20 min
How to React Compiler
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.
Our Own React Global State Manager in Less Than 50 Lines of Code
React Summit 2025React Summit 2025
26 min
Our Own React Global State Manager in Less Than 50 Lines of Code
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Speaker delves into global state management in React, mentioning Redux and alternatives like React context. Creating a global state manager in under 50 lines of code with React context, highlighting challenges with performance and React specificity. Building a custom hook named user store for state management, implementing state and API for store, handling partial state updates efficiently. Managing listeners for state changes, setting up custom hooks and selectors, and subscribing to external stores. Demonstrating optimization in state management and preventing unnecessary button re-renders. Discussion on Redux, Signals, debugging, and various global state management choices like Zestand and Redux toolkit.
Panel Discussion: The State of React
React Summit 2025React Summit 2025
35 min
Panel Discussion: The State of React
Tanner Linsley
Naman Goel
Evan Bacon
Shruti Kapoor
Mark Erikson
Jarred Sumner
Sacha Greif
7 authors
Panelists introduced themselves and discussed React Server Components (RSCs), exploring usage in production and alternative frameworks. Challenges of adopting RSCs and benefits of universal data fetching were highlighted. The complexities of implementing RSCs were discussed, emphasizing the need for better integration. The potential of server components for composability and evolving architecture was explored. The React compiler's impact on performance optimization and component re-rendering was examined. Discussions included enhancing React with compiler features, evolving feature sets, and reimagining state management. Improvements in communication, community engagement, and dependency management within the React ecosystem were emphasized. Recommendations for managing dependencies, component performance, and audience appreciation were shared.
Suspenseful Component Composition
React Summit US 2025React Summit US 2025
12 min
Suspenseful Component Composition
Simeon Griggs discusses Suspenseful Component Composition, the use of fallback props, and the basics of suspense in React applications with a demo showcasing data fetching and layout shifting. Exploring issues with data fetching and suspense boundaries. Addressing the challenges of using suspense boundaries and data fetching for individual rows in React applications. Creating consistent fallback elements for smooth loading experiences in tables by aligning sizes and optimizing data fetching placement. Optimizing data fetching placement for smoother loading experiences. Consider exporting suspense boundary to enhance code cleanliness and be defensive against data fetching errors. Use error boundaries to handle errors in suspenseful data fetching components for a smoother user experience.
The State of React
React Summit 2025React Summit 2025
26 min
The State of React
Introduction to the State of React survey and the history of developer surveys. Detailed analysis of survey results, user demographics, and job titles. Examination of React API trends, user sentiment towards APIs, and new API challenges. Analysis of React library satisfaction, particularly with Next.js. Discussion on React state management and data loading, including pain points. Insights on React library usage patterns and application trends. Key takeaways include staying calm, appreciating foundational React elements, and relying on data for a balanced view.
React Beyond the DOM
React Summit US 2025React Summit US 2025
27 min
React Beyond the DOM
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.
React Strict Dom: Cross-Platform React Based on the Web
React Summit US 2025React Summit US 2025
29 min
React Strict Dom: Cross-Platform React Based on the Web
Talk on cross-platform React using ReactStrict DOM to unify web and native React, standardizing for consistent UI development. Fragmentation challenges in React due to lack of standardized styling systems, impacting development efficiency and product consistency. Exploring unsuccessful cross-platform React approaches and the importance of minimizing migration costs. Enabling web developers to build native apps with React Native while enhancing it with web APIs for seamless code migration. Benefits of code sharing for cross-platform apps, AI integration for React Strict DOM, and the future vision for React Native as a web renderer. Unified styling in React Native, Tailwind integration, and UI best practices. Flexibility and readiness in React DOM, potential inclusion in React Foundations, and considerations for reversibility of decisions in React DOM.
Plug and Play Design: Building Extendable React Applications
React Summit US 2025React Summit US 2025
29 min
Plug and Play Design: Building Extendable React Applications
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.
Node.js
Speeding Up Your Node Sever With Rust
JSNation 2025JSNation 2025
21 min
Speeding Up Your Node Sever With Rust
Talk on improving Node server efficiency with Rust. Node's ease of use but inefficiency for some tasks. Example of a slow express server handling high scores inefficiently. Native modules in Rust provide a safer alternative to C for improving efficiency. Rust empowers developers to build reliable and efficient software, with strong static typing and immutability by default. Rust's result and option enums handle error and value absence cases. The ownership system in Rust ensures safe memory management without manual intervention. The importance of ownership in Rust for memory management and error prevention. Writing native modules in Rust with NAPI for easier project creation and code integration. Exploring the efficiency gains of using Rust's native modules for faster performance and reduced risks in development.
NodeJS & AI: Building Smarter Applications
Node Congress 2025Node Congress 2025
19 min
NodeJS & AI: Building Smarter Applications
Today's Talk explored combining Node.js and artificial intelligence to build smart applications. Two types of models, closed and open source, were discussed, with closed models accessed via an API and open source models hosted locally or on the cloud. The use of RAC (Retrieve of Method Generation) to enhance models was explained, along with the process of obtaining data and improving retrieval performance. Chunking, embedding, and vector databases were introduced as techniques for organizing and transforming data. The Talk also covered data retrieval using semantic search and the generation of human-readable answers using models. The concept of enhancing models with agents was discussed, focusing on how agents break down complex goals and utilize external functions. The use of tools and the React pattern in implementing agents was highlighted. Lastly, the Talk touched on implementing agent patterns and enhancing LLMs, with demos and code available for further exploration.
The State of Node.js 2025
JSNation US 2025JSNation US 2025
19 min
The State of Node.js 2025
Matteo Collina presents an updated talk on Node.js, discussing roles, open-source projects, and dispelling myths. He highlights Node.js vitality, contrasts with legacy technologies like COBOL and jQuery. The talk covers Node.js popularity, software reuse, module growth, and download stats. It addresses risks of not updating Node.js, LTS support phases, version updates, adoption rates, security measures, Node 24 features like ESM support and stable permissions. Collaboration processes, TSC role, governance, and benefits of Platformatic VAT for app development are also discussed.
Running Java in Node.js with WebAssembly
Node Congress 2025Node Congress 2025
19 min
Running Java in Node.js with WebAssembly
Hello, everyone. Welcome to my talk on running Java in Node.js with WebAssembly. Many organisations have a lot of Java code, and as they adopt newer technologies such as Node.js or CloudFloat workers, maintaining interoperability with this existing code becomes important. WebAssembly is a stack machine-based thing, like the JVM, but with a different instruction set. It improves over Asm.js with a new binary format and supports streaming compilation, SIMD, and 64-bit integers. Compiling Java code to WebAssembly involves converting JVM instructions, handling local slots, recovering if statements, and understanding control flow. Short circuit conditionals and loops are important to consider in the conversion process. Additionally, memory allocation, object creation, and program memory are key concepts. Overall, this talk explores the challenges and techniques involved in running Java in Node.js with WebAssembly.
Stop Paying for AI APIs: npm Install Your Way to In-Process Inference
Node Congress 2026Node Congress 2026
26 min
Stop Paying for AI APIs: npm Install Your Way to In-Process Inference
Introduction by Ed Silva, a Node.js core collaborator, discussing the significance of AI in 2026. Companies facing challenges in AI implementation, focusing on AI integration and the need for developer skills. Demonstrations of Node.js egg cooking using Hug and Face community and model inference with Hug and Face Transformers. Transformers JS extending NLP to computer vision and audio tasks, utilizing O-N-N-X format for model execution. Tasks and examples available in Transformers.js for NLP and computer vision, emphasizing model differentiation and execution processes. Optimization techniques for model download trade-offs, GPU utilization, and experimentation possibilities with models like Hugging Face.
What We All Pretend to Know: The Differences Between the JS Engine & JS Runtime
JSNation 2025JSNation 2025
11 min
What We All Pretend to Know: The Differences Between the JS Engine & JS Runtime
Karina Ionkina
Samiul Huque
2 authors
The talk delves into the intricacies of JavaScript engine and runtime, emphasizing the importance of understanding execution processes for effective development and debugging. It discusses how JavaScript engines optimize code through parsing, abstract syntax trees, and byte code execution. Strategies for optimizing code include maintaining type stability, using type-stable arrays, and consistent object shapes to avoid deoptimization. Recommendations for enhancing JavaScript execution involve ensuring input type consistency, using type-stable arrays, and understanding the event loop's role in code execution across different runtimes and engines.
The Path to Native TypeScript
Node Congress 2025Node Congress 2025
24 min
The Path to Native TypeScript
Today's Talk discusses the integration of TypeScript in Node.js. The path to native TypeScript in Node.js is explored, including the history of user requests for native support. Implementing TypeScript in Node.js poses challenges due to differences in stability guarantees and tool compatibility. TypeStripping is a transpilation-focused implementation that removes non-JavaScript features, making it stable across TypeScript versions. The Amaro package, built on SWC, provides compatibility and speed for type stripping. Experimental Strip Types and Transform Types flags enable erasable TypeScript features. TypeScript has limitations such as namespace and enum support in JavaScript and code migration issues. TypeScript Import Types and Syntax Detection are ongoing developments. Ambiguity in syntax between JavaScript and TypeScript is addressed with an erasable syntax only flag. Future steps include bug fixing, performance improvements, and upcoming Node.js releases.
Run TypeScript Natively in Node.js
JSNation 2025JSNation 2025
28 min
Run TypeScript Natively in Node.js
Discussion on TypeScript adoption in Node.js, typescript's popularity, challenges in integrating TypeScript with Node.js due to versioning differences, introducing strip types to remove non-JavaScript syntax, leveraging the SWC library through Amaro for efficient code execution, Node.js support for TypeScript with experimental strip types, enabling transform types and source maps by default, TypeScript evolution with new flags for type checking, TypeScript ESM code evaluation in Node, issues with TypeScript and JavaScript syntax ambiguity, collaboration between Node.js and TypeScript teams, recommendations on using TypeStripping for production projects, comparison of performance between TS Node and Node for TypeScripting, handling type definitions and runtime checking in TypeScript using Zod.
Make Hono work on Node.js
Node Congress 2025Node Congress 2025
15 min
Make Hono work on Node.js
Today's Talk is about making Hono work on Node.js. Hono is a backend for web frameworks that supports TypeScript. It started as a Cloudflare workers framework and now supports multiple runtimes. The Node.js adapter allows Hono applications to run in Node.js by converting Node.js APIs into web standard APIs. Benchmark tests show that Hono is faster than Express but slower in some core areas. The Node.js adapter has been widely used and has undergone performance improvements. Overall, adding Node.js support to Hono has been successful in reaching more users and improving quality.
What's in a Node.js Bug – A Case Study
Node Congress 2025Node Congress 2025
23 min
What's in a Node.js Bug – A Case Study
I'm going to talk about character encodings, specifically a Node.js bug related to UTF-8. Two popular encodings are UTF8 and UTF16. The bug was discovered in August 2024 and was traced to a specific pull request in the Node.js core repository. The bug is caused by an incorrect implementation of the fast write string method. Lessons learned include the importance of naming conventions and thorough testing beyond coverage analysis.
Testing
Validating the Web: The Evolution of Form Validation
React Summit 2025React Summit 2025
20 min
Validating the Web: The Evolution of Form Validation
Exploring the evolution of web forms from HTML2 to Web 3.0 and the crucial role of form validation in application development. The importance of form validation, challenges, and the need for better approaches. Introducing VEST as a flexible validation tool inspired by unit testing frameworks. Highlighting VEST's logic separation, asynchronous validation, and advanced features like caching. Discussing warning states, user guidance, and the impact of form validation on user experience and application success.
Automated Accessibility Testing in React: Beyond the Basics
React Advanced 2025React Advanced 2025
9 min
Automated Accessibility Testing in React: Beyond the Basics
Introduction to Accessibility Testing in React applications, emphasizing early automation and challenges in scaling. Importance of instant feedback, Unity test, and entry testing for code accessibility. Utilizing end-to-end testing tools like Jest-Axi and Cypress to ensure accessibility compliance. Emphasis on manual testing alongside automated tools. Encouragement for discussions on LinkedIn to enhance accessibility knowledge.
Fast-Tracking Quality for Hundreds of React Applications With Automated Testing Layers
React Advanced 2025React Advanced 2025
29 min
Fast-Tracking Quality for Hundreds of React Applications With Automated Testing Layers
Discussion on improving release cycles and testing efficiency, transitioning to React Native, quality assurance challenges addressed through redefined responsibilities and test automation, shift-left approach for early testing and diversification of automated tests, efficient test execution with caching strategies, impact of caching on CI performance, efficiency with change recognition and caching, project-specific approaches for testing, test optimization with AI and Pyramid test structure, QA team transitioning to engineering, handling unautomated tests and test association, maintaining test stability with Git revert strategy.
The 2025 State of JavaScript Testing
JSNation US 2025JSNation US 2025
27 min
The 2025 State of JavaScript Testing
Speaker reflects on the importance of testing, shares insights from the state of JS survey, and discusses future plans for JavaScript testing in 2025. Companies are exploring testing tools and methodologies based on surveys and personal data. Evolution of testing practices from browser to node-based environment with VTest adoption. Advancements in testing technology include VTest's role, Playwright for end-to-end testing, and comprehensive testing solutions. Progress in self-healing tests, AI integration, and tool resurgence like Storybook and MSW for API mocking. Diverse opinions on testing in 2025, with a focus on static analysis, VTest, and end-to-end testing resurgence to browser.
Inside the Engine: How Modern JS Test Runners Work and the Traps They Hide
Node Congress 2025Node Congress 2025
22 min
Inside the Engine: How Modern JS Test Runners Work and the Traps They Hide
Hello, I'm grateful that you chose to watch my talk. Thank you. Last week, I had to run some unit tests while I was coding. Business performance can be awesome. It has very interesting and outstanding features. These test sets are overly complex. It's easy to find yourself troubleshooting for hours. VTest has almost 200 configuration options. By explaining how things work, we can answer questions about using complex third-party runners versus the built-in node.js runner. Understanding better helps avoid pitfalls, troubleshoot faster, and identify opportunities for configuring things better. The CLI layer does validation and hands over to the VTest class. It searches for test files, runs them efficiently using a pool of workers, and ensures isolation to prevent issues with dirty state. VTest uses the piscina library to facilitate work with multiple workers and improve performance. The workers prepare by setting the right globals, initializing snapshots, deciding the test runner file, and starting coverage collection. Each worker executes all the tests in a file and sends an RPC message when done. The decision to reuse or create a fresh worker is determined by the isolate configuration option. Consider spreading tests among more files to fully utilize the machine. Choose between process, thread, or VM as the worker type. In terms of isolation, you can choose between using a process, a thread, or a VM. Process is the heaviest in terms of performance cost, while thread is lighter. VM performance depends on known slower aspects like accessing globals. Process is the classic choice for stability, but thread has limitations and known issues. VM has reporting issues with memory leaks. Benchmark results showed that using multiple processes was 50% better for real-world applications, but for unit tests, one process was ten times faster. Thread was slightly faster than process, and VM was slower. The price of isolation with process worker types was approximately three minutes. Without isolation, the tests lasted only two minutes, much faster, but with a few failures. Threads showed similar results with a few failures. The risk of dealing with testing issues increases without isolation. By default, tests run sequentially inside workers, but you can configure them to run in parallel using the 'concurrent' keyword. However, tests still run sequentially despite specifying 'concurrent'. Concurrency in VTest is based on promises and requires asynchronous work. Unit tests run sequentially and concurrency has no isolation. Mocking in one test affects other tests running simultaneously. In choosing worker configurations, it depends on the context. In-file concurrency is best avoided, and the process worker type is recommended as the default. Isolation is crucial in integration tests but not mandatory in unit tests. Inside the worker, a TypeScript file is handled, and failures can occur when mocking functions. Mocking doesn't work in the worker. The worker handles TypeScript files and transpiles them using Vite server. Vite server replaces imports and hoists the mocking. Vite introduces a new module loader in the runtime. Vite hoisted the mock to the first line in the transform code to make it before the import. Additionally, Vite changes mocks to dynamic imports, ensuring that mocking works. Vite intercepts function calls on the file import level, but cannot intercept calls between functions in the same file. Moving function two to a different file or using an object export can solve this issue. Function one calls function two on the same object context. Use Spy to replace functions inside the object. Vite offers a range of plugins for different functionalities. You can fix import issues by customizing Vite's runtime. The Vite server handles dependency resolution and transformation. Consider using the built-in test runner or mockup for small-scale testing. Gain a better testing experience with Vite's customized runtime.
At the Top of the Pyramid: Playwright Testing at Scale
React Summit 2025React Summit 2025
25 min
At the Top of the Pyramid: Playwright Testing at Scale
Introduction to Playwright as an end-to-end testing tool with easy installation and code generation. Features include visual comparisons, API testing, and best-in-class developer experience. Playwright offers AI capabilities, practical testing tools, and innovative testing strategies. Challenges in testing specialized domains are addressed, along with best practices for test dependencies and readability. Optimizing testing efficiency through parallelism, code organization, and network cache usage. The discussion also covers test performance enhancement, managing workers, optimizing dependencies, stability of test functions, and the use of Playwright sharding in CI/CD runs.
Testing the Waters With Deno
JSNation 2025JSNation 2025
24 min
Testing the Waters With Deno
Today's discussion delves into testing in Deno, emphasizing its simplicity and built-in tooling. Deno offers a seamless testing experience for developers, allowing tests to be written in TypeScript without extensive setup. The platform supports BDD-style testing, provides various assertion types, advanced features like code coverage and snapshot testing, and allows for filtering tests based on keywords. Additionally, Deno facilitates component testing, dependency mocking, and migration of test suites from Jest to Deno with minimal changes.
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