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Your New JobAI Coding Summit 20262026-02-26
This talk will explore the ongoing fundamental transformation of the role of software developers. It will provide guidance on succeeding in this new rapidly…
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It’s Always Been VibesReact Summit US 20252025-11-18
Coding pre and post ai isn’t as different as you think. This talk presents principles and techniques that apply with or without AI to help you build faster and…
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Getting down to brass tacks: Using chrome dev tools to level up your applicationsReact Miami 20232023-04-20
Chrome DevTools tips that actually change outcomes: use the performance panel to record flame charts and see an 83 ms click handler causing dropped frames, use…
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SwiftUI for React Devs via an NFT drum machineRenderATL 20222022-06-01
Builds a working SwiftUI drum machine that loads audio NFTs from OpenSea and plays them in a 4‑bar sequencer at tempo 75, using an AudioKit sampler hooked into…
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Doing the Least Amount of Work: An Intro to RuntimeReact Summit Remote Edition 20212021-04-14
Demonstrates that doing the least work keeps an app interactive by building a contrived Create React App that clones a million rows list every 500ms, which…
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Web: The good partsHolyJS Piter 20202020-06-22
Shows which browser features actually change what gets built: web workers move CPU work off the main thread so a canvas animation keeps running while a prime…
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Beats in the BrowserHalfStack Online May 20202020-05-22
Builds a working browser beatmaker that actually plays back full loops using Tone.js and the Web Audio API, with a React UI and a canvas editor for…
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Processing Audio using DSP in ReasonReason Conf US 20192019-10-07
Builds a native synth/drum machine that actually runs and is on GitHub and as an executable; all sounds are synthesized (no samples). Uses PortAudio with a…
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The New Hotness" An Exploration of Reacts Exciting New Features"React Day Berlin 20182018-11-30
Covers concrete React changes: React 16.6 adds react memo, react lazy and class contextType; 16.7 previews concurrent mode and Suspense wired to code…
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ReasonML (Opening Keynote)React Boston 20182018-09-29
Claims Reason is an OCaml syntax/toolchain that compiles to JavaScript with BuckleScript to JavaScript, offers Hindley‑Milner type inference, variants and…
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ReasonML is Serious BusinessReact Rally 20182018-08-16
ReasonML is presented as a practical toolchain: BuckleScript to JavaScript with readable output, a Hindley‑Milner type system giving exhaustive pattern‑match…
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The state of ReactReactEurope 20182018-05-17
React 16’s Fiber enables incremental rendering and the talk demonstrates concrete migration steps: old lifecycles replaced by safer getDerivedStateFromProps…
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How React changed everythingReact Finland 20182018-04-24
Argues that the real claim is the component model not just the virtual DOM, showing components are the real takeaway and that JSX plus state/props form a…
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Mixed Mode ReactReact Amsterdam 20182018-04-12
Shows concrete patterns: custom React renderers and registration pattern via context, translating imperative APIs to declarative components, and mixing DOM…
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Reasonable React NativeReact Native EU 20172017-09-06
Shows how to write React Native with ReasonML using BuckleScript to compile to readable, often faster JavaScript, with typed bindings like BS React Native and…
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Backstage InterviewsReact Native EU 20172017-09-06
Flagship app migration moves an old Objective-C codebase to React Native to improve developer experience, enable cross‑platform features and shared UI, and…
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Why we need a better browserColdFront 20172017-09-05
Argues the mobile web is losing to native and shows a concrete proof of concept: a React Native app browser that swaps a webview for a React Native bundle via…
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Why we Need an App BrowserChain React 20172017-07-10
Claims that the web already loses on mobile — 90% time in apps vs 10% browser, 68% of adults have smartphones 50% own a tablet — and proposes an app browser…
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Fun With Fiber Custom RenderersReact Amsterdam 20172017-04-21
React Fiber exposes a first-class custom-renderer pathway that uses a host config with concrete hooks like createContainer and updateContainer, createInstance…
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Weapons grade ReactReact London 20172017-03-28
A remotely controlled robotic crossbow gets built and mostly works: an Arduino‑based rig with 50 lb draw weight, a linear actuator pulling the trigger through…
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Using React for Anything but WebsitesReact Conf 20172017-03-13
Examples of React applied beyond websites: spectacle is a JSX presentation library that actually renders slides; Victory CLI renders Victory's SVG to strings…
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Subdivide: Cross-platform charting with React & React NativeReactEurope 20162016-05-31
Shows a concrete solution: a homegrown Victory library that treats D3 as data/math only and lets React render SVG so charts compose as components. Implements a…
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Lightning talk from Ken WheelerReact.js Conf 20162016-02-22
Walmart builds an embedded iOS Pharmacy inside the main app using React Native, reusing an Electrode shared component library and bridged native controls so…
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