The Web Components Revolution Scott Jehl, Software Engineer, Web Performance Team Squarespace The largest companies in the world are making the transition to web components. A LOT is changing with the features surrounding web components and it can be dizzying to keep up. In this talk, Scott will dig into the technologies behind web components, […]
For the first time in a while, I didn’t send a newsletter last week. I was in Melbourne for our 10th in person Code conference, and 12th in total, counting the two we held online when in-person conferences weren’t possible. If you do the math (as our American friends would say) that means we started […]
Perhaps I’m getting a little too old. A little too like the person you avoid since they are always going on about the “good old days”. When I first started writing software, there was a clear divide-hobbyists, and professionals. Professionals wrote for serious computers (Mainframes and Minicomputers) using series languages like COBOL. Hobbyists were spawned […]
Give a small boy a hammer, and he will find that everything he encounters needs pounding You’ve no doubt heard variations on this quote many times. Abraham Maslow, he of the hierarchy of needs, is probably the most well known of those who popularised it: if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like […]
In recent weeks I’ve been preparing videos of talks from our Summit last year for Conffab (the keynotes and several of the tracks are available now, with the rest coming soon). If you didn’t attend, for just $20 a month or $200 a year you can get access to all the videos of all our […]
This week, with Code coming up next month in Melbourne, June 20 and 21 (Early Bird pricing ends soon), a roundup of recent development focussed reading. Plus a bonus video or two from recent conferences–read on! State of HTML 2023 While JavaScript was taking over the web, and CSS was gaining new superpowers year over year, it could […]
Last week I rounded up a number of articles with a similar theme–reweirding the web. Toward the end of that piece I quickly referenced a project I started a few weeks back, Project Disenshittify–catchy name I know (there’s a story there, read on). So, here’s the story of how that came do be, what it’s […]
A dozen years ago (how can it be so long? How can he have been so prescient?) Anil Dash wrote “the Web We Lost“. This isn’t our web today. We’ve lost key features that we used to rely on, and worse, we’ve abandoned core values that used to be fundamental to the web world. To […]
If you’re a manager in Product, Design, or Engineering, you need to be a Leader. But why do so many Leaders end up firefighting and stressed out? What makes Leading Teams in Tech harder than other areas of a business, and how can you set yourself up to succeed (or at least survive)? It’s all […]
Most frontend tooling talks seem to focus on adding things to your project. There’s no problem that can’t be solved by adding more bits to your build, right?! But when I looked at our UI library, I realised all those bits *were* the problem. Solutions that had been standard had fallen into disrepair in just […]
A lot of people have known for a lot of years that the technical interview process has many, many flaws. This talk will cover some better ways to set up the interview process (and culture) for technical hires, including what should be avoided, how to set up an interview training program, understanding candidate care, and […]
The new wave of JavaScript: A Taxonomy of Runtimes and their Web-interoperability with Ben Taylor Overview of the Talk In the last few years there’s been an explosion in the ways you can run JavaScript. Node has its new dinosaur cousin Deno. They’re both based on V8 from Chrome. Everybody is talking about Bun, which […]
This talk aims to delve into the challenges and opportunities that engineering teams face when pivoting their technological foundations, providing actionable insights into securing team buy-in and maintaining morale during transitions. About Inga Pflaumer Inga Pflaumer, an indie game developer and Engineering Manager at Immutable, is a leader passionate about technology and inclusivity. With significant […]
Yes, Your Browser Can Do That (Probably) — A Look At Modern Web APIs You Might Not Know with Julian Burr Overview of the Talk We’ve become so accustomed to aiming for developing native apps to get access to certain advanced features and functionality that it’s easy to miss that a lot of that has […]
In an industry where the only constant is change, leadership demands a blend of confidence, adaptability, and insight. Andrew Fisher’s presentation, “Follow me, I know what I’m doing… I think,” tackles the complex realities of leading in the tech sector with an honest and pragmatic approach. This session will navigate the nuances of decision-making, empowerment, […]
Web Directions South is the must-attend event of the year for anyone serious about web development
Phil Whitehouse General Manager, DT Sydney
