title	conference	date
No-build: pipe dream, or near future?	dotJS 2026	2026-09-18
Bundlers are everywhere yet many dislike them—about half on Mastodon and a third on Twitter say they wish they didn’t need bundlers. Reasons for bundlers… Talk on
API design is UI design	dotJS 2024	2024-06-27
Shows concrete API failures and fixes: the SVG DOM returns an SVGAnimatedLength so code needs .baseVal.value to get 45, video controls force reimplementing the… Talk on
CSS Variable Secrets	SmashingConf New York 2022	2022-10-10
Demonstrates concrete CSS custom‑property techniques that reduce duplication, create reactive animations and expose clean component APIs: uses pseudo-private… Talk on
CSS Variable Secrets	CSS Day 2022	2022-06-09
Most teams treat CSS custom properties as constants but metrics from the Web Almanac show roughly two‑thirds of usages have zero variable depth, so deeper… Talk on
Shapir: Standardizing and Democratizing Access to Web APIs	UIST 2021	2021-10-10
A standardized, machine-readable ontology called WoOPI maps diverse REST endpoints to typed objects and Schema.org properties, and an authoring GUI generates… Talk on
Writing Code for Humans	DevBreak 2021	2021-09-08
Code acts as a user interface: APIs must make the common case fast and the rare case possible. Concrete examples: the ancient compareDocumentPosition bitmask… Talk on
The web design cheat code: Using SVG to bridge CSS’ gaps	Frontend United 2019	2019-05-16
Shows concrete techniques: embed SVG data URIs in CSS to paint characters and emojis, include internal <style> to run CSS animations, and use stroke-dasharray… Talk on
Even More CSS Secrets	FrontMania 2018	2018-11-16
Demonstrates concrete recipes: use multiply/screen blend modes to make cut‑out text on black or white, embed SVG data URI (no base64) to turn glyphs and emojis… Talk on
Extending a Reactive Expression Language with Data Update Actions for End-User Application Authoring	UIST 2018	2018-10-14
Extends Mavo by adding an mv-action attribute plus four mutation primitives set/delete/add/move and a where operator to express one-line data updates (clear… Talk on
CSS (Variable) Secrets	Smashing Conference Toronto 2018	2018-06-26
You may have heard about CSS Variables (aka CSS Custom Properties), but think it’s not something you can use yet. Plus, you already have your preprocessor… Talk on
Keynote. Even More CSS Secrets	You Gotta Love Frontend Conference 2018	2018-05-24
Ten concrete CSS techniques appear: use multiply/screen blending modes to get cut‑out text on black or white backgrounds; embed SVG data-URI emojis as animated… Talk on
/ Reg (exp) {2} lained / Demystifying Regular Expressions	HolyJS 2017	2017-12-10
Starts with live demos on regexplained.com and uses browser console, CSS conic gradients for a timer, and Twitter-driven regex challenges that show a ~25… Talk on
HTML Re-imagined for the era of web apps	View Source 2017	2017-10-27
An extension to HTML lets authors build editable web apps without writing JavaScript by including a small script and stylesheet; data storage uses an MV… Talk on
JS UX: Writing code for humans	HolyJS 2017 Piter	2017-06-02
Argues that code is a user interface and gives concrete API rules backed by running examples and production experience: sensible defaults, named-option… Talk on
Keynote: CSS Variables: var(--subtitle);	Frontend United 2017	2017-05-26
CSS Custom Properties are usable today not just as prettier Sass variables but as real CSS properties that work like normal inherited properties and can be set… Talk on
CSS Variables: var(--subtitle)	CSSConf.Asia 2016	2016-11-24
Claims that CSS custom properties are live updateable custom properties that can be read and set from JavaScript (getPropertyValue / setProperty) and used for… Talk on
Mavo: Creating Interactive Data-Driven Web Applications by Authoring HTML	UIST 2016	2016-10-16
Mavo is an HTML extension that turns static mockups into persistent CRUD apps by adding a few attributes: datastore (local, GitHub, Dropbox), property and… Talk on
CSS Variables: var(–subtitle)	Web Unleashed 2016	2016-10-03
Claims that CSS custom properties are usable now and more powerful than preprocessor variables, demonstrated with live demos: themable buttons, SVG “eyes”… Talk on
JS UX: Writing Code for Humans	You Gotta Love Frontend 2016	2016-06-27
Watch if wanting concrete API rules plus working demos: claims like documentation is the last resort, concrete fixes (sensible defaults, accept multiple input… Talk on
HTML	CSS Day + HTML Special 2016	2016-06-16
The talk proves there are concrete HTML features that replace JavaScript: the download attribute forces file downloads with a filename, input accept/extensions… Talk on
The Missing Slice	CSSconf EU 2015	2015-09-26
Compares concrete implementations: a skewed pseudo‑element hack that breaks at 50% and needs multiple edits; an improved rotated pseudo with an animation‑delay… Talk on
The Missing Slice	ColdFront Conference 2015	2015-09-03
Starts from the uploader promise of making a pie and animating it and delivers concrete techniques: a brittle CSS skew trick and a cleaner… Talk on
The missing slice (Keynote)	You Gotta Love Frontend 2015	2015-06-08
Claim: pie charts are deceptively tricky in CSS but solvable with concrete techniques. Demonstrations show a brittle skewed pseudo-element hack that breaks… Talk on
The Chroma Zone	CSSConf Australia 2014	2014-04-25
Explains how real pixels use three subpixels and how sub-pixel anti-aliasing can effectively triple horizontal detail, states 24 bits per pixel yields 16.7… Talk on
Speaker Q&A Panel	CSSConf Australia 2014	2014-04-25
Panel records concrete gotchas and tools: Sass treats dashed and underscored variable names as interchangeable causing silent overrides, CSS custom properties… Panel on
The Humble Border-Radius	Fluent 2014	2014-03-11
Browsers proportionally scale border-radius when adjacent radii exceed the box size — a 900px radius can end up as 381px while a 90px companion becomes 38px… Talk on
The Chroma Zone Engineering Color on the Web	Kod.io 2014	2014-03-01
Explains how screens use 24‑bit pixels and RGB subpixels and shows the math: eight bits per channel, RGB as a cube, HSL as more intuitive but not perceptually… Talk on
CSS in the 4th Dimension	JSConf.Asia 2013	2013-11-28
Covers concrete recipes and demos: sequences layered transitions so width finishes before height, a lightbox and overlay built with only box-shadow and no… Talk on
The humble border-radius	CSS Day 2013	2013-06-14
Demo shows modern browsers support border-radius without prefixes and that when adjacent radii exceed box size they are scaled down proportionately, so huge… Talk on
The Humble Border-radius	CSSConf US 2013	2013-05-28
Border-radius accepts up to four corner values and can take a slash to give different horizontal and vertical radii so percentages produce responsive ellipses… Talk on
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Web Standards	Fluent 2013	2013-05-28
W3C coordinates standards but member-company working groups actually write them: CSS WG lists ~83 member-company participants, five invited experts and six… Talk on
Polyfilling the gaps	JSConf EU 2011	2011-10-01
Polyfills follow three concrete steps: feature detection, implementation, distribution. Practical notes: a two‑line document.head shim breaks frames… Talk on
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