title	conference	date
Evolving AI chat with MCP Apps	NDC Copenhagen 2026	2026-06-01
A proposed MCP Apps standard turns tools into sandboxed HTML/CSS/JS mini‑apps loaded in an iframe, using the @mcp/x‑apps RPC library to call server tools, push… Talk on
Let's build an AI agent	NDC Copenhagen 2026	2026-06-01
Builds an agent from an echo CLI into a full LLM-driven system that runs tools in a loop, using Gemini 3 Flash Preview, short-term chat memory, and explicit… Talk on
OpenRAG: An open-source stack for RAG	AI Engineer Europe 2026	2026-04-08
OpenRAG assembles Docling for PDF‑aware parsing, OpenSearch with the JVector KNN plugin for disk‑based live indexing, and LangFlow for drag‑and‑drop agentic… Talk on
Build AI-Ready Search: Integrating Docling with OpenSearch for Advanced RA...	OpenSearchCon China 2026	2026-03-17
Docling converts PDFs, DOCX and PPTX into a lossless, structured document format, preserves layout/tables/images and runs locally for privacy; a demo parses a… Talk on
Practical Web AI: Built-In, Browser Based, Brilliant	JSNation 2025	2025-06-12
AI progress is running away on the server-side, where the GPUs live, but the web platform is never that far behind. In this talk we're going to explore the… Talk on
The Built-in Browser-based Babelfish	Frontend Nation 2025	2025-06-03
A browser-native speech-to-speech translator is built using the Web Speech API, Chrome’s experimental Prompt API with Gemini Nano, MediaRecorder/Web Audio to… Talk on
Let's build an AI agent	NDC Oslo 2025	2025-05-19
Live-build of an agent that adds Gemini via Genai SDK chat memory, function-calling tools, and a tool loop that re-invokes the model until goals are met; uses… Talk on
How to work with generative AI in JavaScript	NDC Melbourne 2025	2025-04-29
Shows working JavaScript examples: call Gemini 2.0 Flash with nine lines of SDK code, create text-embedding-004 vectors (768 dimensions) and use cosine… Talk on
C++ Coroutines Demystified	ACCU 2025	2025-04-01
Starts from blank code and walks to a working coroutine by letting the compiler drive each step: use Compiler Explorer with GCC and Clang, add #include… Talk on
Build RAG from Scratch	NDC London 2025	2025-01-27
Live-coded a working RAG pipeline that starts with a 2,938-dim bag-of-words vector built from ~100 scraped talk titles and descriptions, compares queries using… Talk on
Build RAG from Scratch	JSNation US 2024	2024-11-18
Retrieval augmented generation (RAG) provides large language models with up to date information and helps them hallucinate less. But how does it all work… Talk on
Total ReDoS: The Dangers of regex in JavaScript	XtremeJS 2024	2024-11-12
JavaScript regular expressions can hit catastrophic backtracking and block the event loop: a node‑fetch URL regex forces exponential steps (Rex101 shows 12,294… Talk on
Build RAG from Scratch	NDC Porto 2024	2024-10-14
Live code builds a working RAG pipeline that starts with a naive 1480-word bag-of-words vector and cosine similarity (tested across ~101 talks), then upgrades… Talk on
Modern C++ Error Handling	CppCon 2024	2024-09-15
Covers concrete choices not high-level promises: C++17 std::optional and C++23 std::expected with the Monadic Operations (transform and_then transform_error… Talk on
Back to Basics: Lifetime Management in Cpp	CppCon 2024	2024-09-15
Explains that the concrete claim is: prefer Rule of 0 (use existing value types and managers) and only implement special members when managing resources, which… Talk on
Not your GrandParent’s C++	NDC TechTown 2024	2024-09-09
A brisk history of C++ shows concrete changes: 13 years of stagnation end with C++11 modernization, the committee adopts a timed “train” model, and features… Talk on
Total ReDoS: the dangers of regex in JavaScript	CPH DevFest 2024	2024-08-26
Explains concrete ReDoS cases and fixes: a simple A+\\$ pattern causes quadratic backtracking and crashed Stack Overflow for 34 minutes, complex .. sequences… Talk on
Conquering Complexity: Refactoring JavaScript Projects	JSNation 2024	2024-06-13
One of the most common issues in JavaScript code bases is that our code is too complex. As projects and their requirements evolve, complexity creeps in. Excess… Talk on
Conquering Complexity: Refactoring JavaScript Projects	Great International Developer Summit 2024	2024-04-23
Shows how to find and shrink real complexity using cognitive complexity scores (example: a function rated 34 flagged to cut to 15), using SonarLint and its… Talk on
Total ReDoS: the Dangers of Regex in JavaScript	Great International Developer Summit 2024	2024-04-23
Regular expressions can cause ReDoS where simple patterns explode into massive work: a whitespace-trimming pattern runs into 200 million steps when faced with… Talk on
Rewiring Your Brain - Boost Productivity with Test Driven Thinking in C++	ACCU 2024	2024-04-17
Argues that test-driven thinking saves time, sharpens focus and can be fun by using psychology (habit loops, dopamine triggers, externalizing thought) plus… Talk on
CSS Between the Pages	DevWorld 2024	2024-02-29
Claims that the View Transitions API lets pages capture start and end DOM snapshots and animate between them are demonstrated with real code: using… Talk on
Lightning Talk: Disentangling The Mikado Method When Refactoring C++ Legacy Code	C++Online 2024	2024-02-28
Describes using the Mikado Method to refactor untested C++ legacy code by running small experiments that make one change, run end to end or Approval Test style… Lightning on
CSS Between the Pages	JSWorld Conference 2024	2024-02-28
Shows how to replace white flashes with real transitions using the View Transitions API: call document.startViewTransition to snapshot before/after states… Talk on
Conquering complexity: refactoring JavaScript projects	NDC Sydney 2024	2024-02-12
Claims that cognitive complexity (introduced 2016) predicts how hard code is to hold in the head better than cyclomatic metrics, and shows real results… Talk on
The Top 5 JavaScript Issues in All Our Codebases	XtremeJS 2023	2023-11-21
Sona Cloud scans hundreds of millions of JavaScript lines and reports the top five static issues: unused assignments, using double equals/not equals, commented… Talk on
Rewiring your brain with test driven thinking in C++	Meeting C++ 2023	2023-11-12
Claim: writing tests first saves time, sharpens focus and can be fun. Demonstration uses leftpad example in C++ with the Catch test framework to show the… Talk on
The state of passwordless auth on the web	Øredev 2023	2023-11-08
Gives concrete signals: current adoption numbers (52% reuse some passwords 35% use unique ones 11% reuse the same one 24% use a password manager from a 2018… Talk on
The top 5 JavaScript issues in all our codebases	Øredev 2023	2023-11-08
Scans of hundreds of millions of lines across thousands of repos produce a ranked list: most common JavaScript issues are unused assignments, == coercion… Talk on
The state of passwordless auth on the web	NDC Porto 2023	2023-10-16
Passwords are shown as fragile (52% reuse sometimes, only 24% use a manager) and easily leaked; practical fixes covered include HTML autocomplete, the… Talk on
Back to Basics: Testing in C++	CppCon 2023	2023-10-02
Focuses on concrete testing choices: unit tests sit at the bottom of the testing pyramid and must be fast, deterministic and isolated; Michael Fe’s rules (no… Talk on
Announcing	C++ on Sea 2023	2023-06-28
Conference returns in person at Folkestone, the venue sits by the cliff with a cliff view of France across the Channel and the program includes workshops and… Talk on
The State of Passwordless Auth on the Web	JSNation 2023	2023-06-01
Passwords remain a usability and security failure — surveys cited: 52% reuse some passwords, 24% use a password manager, 13% reuse the same password always —… Talk on
The top 5 JavaScript issues in all our codebases	CityJS Athens 2023	2023-05-30
Scans of hundreds of millions of JavaScript lines in SonarCloud identify the five most common concrete problems: unused assignment left in functions, use of… Talk on
The top 5 JavaScript issues in all our codebases	NDC Oslo 2023	2023-05-22
Scans of hundreds of millions of JS/TS lines claim the top recurring problems: unused assignments and commented-out code that just clutters files, widespread… Talk on
Zen and the Art of Code Life Cycle Maintenance	NDC Oslo 2023	2023-05-22
Argues software quality as six concrete properties (correctness, applicability, reliability, efficiency, evolvability, reasonability) and shows where they… Talk on
The state of passwordless auth on the web	NDC Oslo 2023	2023-05-22
Passwords remain brittle: surveys show 52% reuse sometimes, 13% reuse always and only 24% use a password manager, so credential stuffing keeps working. The web… Talk on
C++ Coroutines From Scratch	ACCU 2023	2023-04-19
An object-deserialization pipeline gets rewritten from recursive, callback-heavy code into a coroutine-driven batch loader that drops 10 network round-trips to… Talk on
The top 5 JavaScript issues in all our codebases	jsday 2023	2023-04-13
Data from thousands of projects on SonarCloud and SonarQube shows five concrete problems: the single biggest issue is widespread use of var instead of let or… Talk on
C++ Coroutines from scratch	Meeting C++ 2022	2022-11-17
Shows a concrete migration from a lambda‑continuation loader to C++20 coroutines that replaces manual batching with coroutine suspension. Code uses a promise… Talk on
C++ Coroutines, from Scratch	CppCon 2022	2022-09-11
Claims C++20 coroutines cut complex async boilerplate and speed database-style object loading by converting a serial 10-roundtrip loader into batched loads and… Talk on
Lightning Talk: Embrace Leaky Abstractions in C++	CppCon 2022	2022-09-11
Claim: all abstractions are leaky and that reality shows it — numbers evolve over millennia (zero, division, imaginary numbers appear centuries later), so even… Lightning on
Announcing C++ on Sea 2022	C++ on Sea 2022	2022-07-05
Announcement confirms C++ on Sea 2022 returns in person in Folkestone, at a waterfront venue with a view of France across the Channel. Conference promises a… Talk on
Web APIs for delightful two factor auth experiences	NDC Melbourne 2022	2022-06-20
Shows how to get username/password and SMS 2FA down to one or two clicks using browser features: add autocomplete and inputmode attributes, use the Credential… Talk on
JavaScript apps go Int(ernationa)l	NDC Melbourne 2022	2022-06-20
Shows how the ECMAScript Intl.DateTimeFormat and related APIs format dates, times and numbers correctly in the user’s locale (works in browsers and Node)… Talk on
SOLID Revisited : The State of the Matter	NDC Oslo 2021	2021-11-29
Traces SOLID’s origin back to pre-2000 papers, argues the five rules mostly collapse into two ideas—cohesion and polymorphism with contracts—and flags ocp and… Talk on
Zen and the art of life cycle maintenance	Meeting C++ 2021	2021-11-10
Defines a concrete set of software qualities (correctness, reliability, performance, maintainability, reasonability, applicability) and argues that quality… Talk on
Zen and the Art of Code Lifecycle Maintenance	CppCon 2021	2021-10-24
Six concrete takeaways: define six orthogonal qualities (correctness, applicability, reliability, efficiency, evolvability, reasonability), use the type system… Talk on
A capital letter, a number, a special character, an emotional journey for the character, a subplot	PyConline AU 2021	2021-09-10
Current recommendation: require at least 14 characters, accept all Unicode (spaces, emojis), and block dictionary, sequential, username‑like, or breached… Talk on
SOLID Revisited : The State of the Matter	NDC TechTown 2021	2021-08-30
Asserts SOLID is historically rooted but now partially redundant: core ideas collapse to cohesion and polymorphism/interfaces, OCP’s “closed for modification”… Talk on
We've Always Been at War with East Constia	C++ on Sea 2021	2021-06-30
C++11 allows trailing return types using auto and -> so return types can depend on parameter names that are only in scope after the argument list, and lambdas… Talk on
All the Default's Are Backwards	C++ on Sea 2021	2021-06-30
Argues C++ should flip common defaults so reading accessors are const by default, functions are noexcept by default and constexpr by default, with terse… Talk on
SOLID Revisited: The State of the Matter	ACCU 2021 Online	2021-03-10
A short history and a pointed critique argue SOLID is often redundant, OO‑centred and poorly named, backed by a live poll of 85 attendees showing 36% knew the… Talk on
Better API DX with a CLI	Apidays LIVE Jakarta 2021	2021-02-24
Twilio built a usable CLI to improve API DX: it’s written in Node.js/oclif, distributed via npm (and Homebrew), and auto-generates commands from API specs to… Talk on
You're on Mute! WebRTC and our Lives on Screen	Developers Summit 2021	2021-02-18
Covers how browsers actually connect video calls using getUserMedia, RTCPeerConnection and ICE with STUN/TURN relays, and when to swap mesh peer‑to‑peer for an… Talk on
JavaScript Apps Go Intl	Developers Summit 2021	2021-02-18
Shows how ECMAScript Intl (ECMA-402) solves real problems: NumberFormat handles million formatting variants including Indian lakh grouping, French spaces and… Talk on
4 Steps from JavaScript to TypeScript	Developer Summit 2020	2020-11-21
A simple Express Node webhook that calls a dad‑jokes API and returns SMS replies proves the path: enable pair program with TypeScript in VS Code, run npm… Talk on
Oo Considered Harmful	Meeting C++ 2020	2020-11-12
Claims that object orientation mixes useful high‑level ideas with low‑level harms and argues for a split: use immutable value types and builders for low‑level… Talk on
The trouble with webhooks	Apidays Live Hong Kong 2020	2020-10-08
Webhooks are essential but confusing so the platform ships concrete fixes: Twimlets and Toolbins provide ready PHP/XML endpoints developers actually use, ngrok… Talk on
Test Driven C++	CppCon 2020	2020-09-14
Sixty minutes show how Test Driven Development in C++ actually works: using Catch/Catch2 and CLion the demo implements a Snakes-and-Ladders board, exercises… Talk on
OO Considered Harmful	CppCon 2020	2020-09-14
Argues C++ is multi‑paradigm not primarily OO and demonstrates concrete alternatives: historical Simula examples, Smalltalk/Objective‑C message passing, and… Talk on
JavaScript for emails, are you sure?	NDC Sydney 2020	2020-08-31
Claim: AMP for email brings real interactivity into inboxes using concrete components and server endpoints. Demo builds a poll (pie vs cake) with amp-carousel… Talk on
JavaScript for emails, are you sure?	NDC Sydney 2020	2020-08-31
Shows that AMP for Email actually ships interactive UI inside messages using amp-carousel and amp-form plus amp-image, amp-mustache and amp-bind; demo builds a… Talk on
Fantastic Passwords and Where to Find Them	NoRuKo 2020	2020-08-21
Passwords are failing and practical fixes exist: require at least 14 characters and accept spaces and emoji, run a dictionary and context check, and block… Talk on
Fantastic Passwords and Where to Find Them	WFH Conf 2020	2020-03-26
Passwords are demonstrably broken: a 2017–18 audit finds ~25% of employee passwords weak and 1,400 as password123; a public corpus lists ~555 million breached… Talk on
The Dawn of a new Error	Meeting C++ 2019	2019-11-14
Proposal p0709 deterministic exceptions rewrites throws into a return-channel transformation that yields something like std::expected, introduces a try/froz… Talk on
The Dawn of a New Error	ACCU Autumn 2019 Belfast	2019-11-11
A concrete C++ proposal set centers on p0709 "zero-overhead deterministic exceptions": exceptions become statically-typed value objects returned in registers… Talk on
What's going on with Project Fugu?	NDC Sydney 2019	2019-10-14
Project Fugu shows concrete browser capabilities now testable via Chrome flags or origin trials with time-limited tokens and a 0.5% usage cutoff. Demos prove… Talk on
Keep Your Friends under control	CppCon 2019	2019-09-15
Placing a free function as an inline friend inside a class makes it hidden from the enclosing namespace so it is only found by ADL, which cuts the huge list of… Talk on
The Dawn of a New Error, (C++ error-handling and exceptions)	CppCon 2019	2019-09-15
Proposal p0709 implements zero-overhead deterministic exceptions by turning throws into a return-channel value isomorphic to std::expected plus a lightweight… Talk on
Web Sharing is Web Caring	ComponentsConf 2019	2019-09-06
Including Facebook and Twitter widgets makes 12 extra requests to five origins, downloads almost 1 MB (0.25 MB compressed), and Facebook drops 10 cookies while… Talk on
The Dawn of a New Error	NDC TechTown 2019	2019-09-02
Survey shows 52% of C++ codebases ban exceptions; proposal p0709r1 promises zero-overhead deterministic exceptions by throwing values and new syntax (fro/try)… Talk on
The Dawn Of A New Error	ACCU 2019	2019-04-10
Summary of a C++ proposal that replaces heaped RTTI exceptions with ADT-style, value errors: p0709r1 proposes zero-overhead deterministic exceptions that use a… Talk on
Option(al) is not a failure	Meeting C++ 2018	2018-11-15
Argues that ADT-style error handling actually works: use std::optional for marked propagation, move to std::expected (or Boost Outcome) for richer errors, and… Talk on
You're Not as Smart as You Think You Are	CppCon 2018	2018-09-23
Claims that human cognition has strict limits: an inattentional blindness demo where roughly half miss a gorilla even though there are 16 passes, a… Talk on
“Modern C++ Testing with Catch2”	CppCon 2018	2018-09-23
Catch2 rebases Catch on C++11 only, ships as a single-header with CATCH_CONFIG_MAIN or CATCH_CONFIG_RUNNER, and gives expression‑template assertions… Talk on
Service workers - beyond the cache	NDC Sydney 2018	2018-09-17
Service workers power push notifications, background sync and more beyond simple caching, with concrete demos: a web SMS inbox uses VAPID keys and web-push… Talk on
Aggressive Web Apps	JSConf EU 2018	2018-06-02
Shows how service worker push works, explains that almost 75% of active users can receive web push, and gives concrete wins (Arkansas Children’s Hospital cuts… Talk on
We have always been at war with West Constia	C++Now 2018	2018-05-06
Proposes using trailing return types everywhere so function names appear first, with concrete code examples and slides showing how declarations line up and… Talk on
Swift Driven Development	ACCU 2018	2018-04-11
Argues that Swift’s type system and runtime playgrounds let TDD go further: uses a snakes-and-ladders kata to show concrete gains, building a Board, Game, a… Talk on
Command Line Parser Library	Meeting C++ 2017	2017-11-09
A composable command-line parser called Clara is extracted from Catch and rewritten for C++11 so CLI code composes instead of duplicating. Each option is a… Lightning on
The stand up	Meeting C++ 2017	2017-11-09
Claims specific health effects and an intervention backed by sources: sitting >6 hours raises 15-year mortality risk by 40% even with exercise, standing… Lightning on
Modern C++ testing with Catch2	Meeting C++ 2017	2017-11-09
Catch2 rebases Catch on C++11 and ships as a single header file plus an optional CATCH_CONFIG_MAIN so a demo project compiles links and runs a failing test… Talk on
The Holy Grail - A Hash Array Mapped Trie for C++	NDC TechTown 2017	2017-10-17
A C++ reference implementation of a Hash Array Mapped Trie is proposed for Boost/standard, using Hash Array Mapped Trie layout with 32-way branching (peeling 5… Talk on
A Composable Command Line Parser	CppCon 2017	2017-09-24
A command-line parser library is extracted from Catch, released as Clara, and rewritten for C++11 to make small parsers composable. Each parser returns… Talk on
The Holy Grail! A Hash Array Mapped Trie for C++	CppCon 2017	2017-09-24
Proposes a Hash Array Mapped Trie (HAMT) that gives persistent structural sharing so copies cost two integers and depth for 15M items drops from ~24… Talk on
JWT, WTF?	JSPoland Conf 2017	2017-06-19
JSON Web Tokens are shown as three URL safe base64 parts (header payload signature) and actually built by encoding JSON then signing with HS256 signing with… Talk on
Swift For The Curious	NDC Oslo 2017	2017-06-14
Swift is at version 3/4 and fully open-sourced; the session demos show Swift playgrounds for live evaluation, concrete use of optionals with if let and… Talk on
Functional C++ for Fun & Profit	NDC Oslo 2017	2017-06-14
Shows concrete techniques for writing expression-oriented, mostly-immutable C++ using C++11/17 features: replace statements with ternary or immediately-invoked… Talk on
JWT, WTF?	Codemotion Amsterdam 2017	2017-05-16
Explains JSON Web Token format: header.payload.signature with base64url encoding and a signature generated using HS256 HMAC. Shows how to build and verify a… Talk on
Browsers behind your back	jsDay 2017	2017-05-10
Demonstrates that a Service Worker can queue POSTs into an IndexedDB outbox, register a Background Sync API tag, and then wake to fetch each stored message to… Talk on
An empty database in everybody's pocket	jsDay 2017	2017-05-10
IndexedDB is usable now in almost every browser and stores real JavaScript objects, so the demo actually builds a Twilio emoji chat that writes messages into a… Talk on
Functional C++ For Fun And Profit	ACCU 2017	2017-04-24
Argues that C++ can adopt practical functional ideas: use C++11 lambdas and immediately-invoked lambda tricks to make expression-oriented code, prefer… Talk on
Browsers behind your back	4Developers 2017	2017-04-03
Service Workers plus a small queued outbox in IndexedDB with idb let browsers capture POSTs while offline and automatically replay them via the Background Sync… Talk on
An empty database in everybody's pocket	NG Poland 2016	2016-11-22
IndexedDB is presented as a practical way to add performance and resiliency to single page apps by keeping a local object store of messages. A small chat… Promo on
Functional C++ for Fun and Profit	Meeting C++ 2016	2016-11-18
Material demonstrates concrete techniques: use of lambdas and small functions to make C++ expression oriented, a builder pattern to keep domain objects… Talk on
The web is getting pushy	Codemotion Amsterdam 2016	2016-05-11
Demo builds a Twitter-hashtag app that uses Service Worker plus EventSource on the client, a Node backend and the Fetch API to register a PushManager… Talk on
2FA, WTF?	Codemotion Amsterdam 2016	2016-05-11
Explains why an account takeover like Matt Honan’s happens and shows three concrete 2FA methods: SMS codes (easy but interceptable), time-based one‑time… Talk on
Lightning Talks Part Three	BathRuby 2016	2016-03-11
One person reports running 230 days of daily open‑source contributions, experimenting with LinkedIn posting, trolling spam, travel and personal availability… Lightning on
The stand up	CppCon 2015	2015-09-21
Sitting six or more hours a day links to 40% higher mortality over 15 years even if regular exercise, and standing briefly boosts brain oxygen by about 20%, so… Talk on
Test Driven C++ with Catch	CppCon 2015	2015-09-21
Explains Catch as a single-header distribution for C++ unit and integration tests, shows a live TDD session building a ring buffer (capacity 4) using… Talk on
The web is getting pushy	You Gotta Love Frontend 2015	2015-06-08
Builds a tiny live app: Node + Express backend, Twitter streaming API and Server‑Sent Events to the page, EventSource and template strings client‑side, then… Talk on
The web is getting pushy	JSConf Budapest 2015	2015-05-14
Claim: the web gains real push notifications via Service Worker and the push manager. Demo builds a Twitter-stream app that registers a service worker… Talk on
Testdriven C++ with Catch	Meeting C++ 2014	2014-12-05
Claim: Catch is a single-header C++ test framework that compiles with one include and a single #define to generate main, uses natural expressions via require… Talk on
How to create the perfect prototype	ArrrrCamp 2013	2013-10-03
Mint Digital claims a repeatable process that builds focused prototypes in four days using Rails + Heroku with templates, tests, frequent deploys and known… Talk on
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