Talks & Presentations

The more we advance, the more computers can do things we once thought impossible. This presentation demonstrates building privacy-first gesture recognition directly in the browser by combining MediaPipe with lightweight TensorFlow models. See the journey from training data to a React application that recognizes hand movements - all client-side with no data leaving the device.

Node.js is a powerful tool for building scalable applications, but it has its limits. In this talk, we will explore how to overcome Node.js runtime limits. Using the Fibonacci function, we will start with naive recursive implementations, and then demonstrates progressive improvements through dynamic programming, BigInts, matrix exponentiation, and asynchronous processing. We will learn practical strategies to optimize JavaScript for intensive calculations while maintaining application responsiveness, including worker threads and Rust integration through N-API.

Nobody wants to spend days sifting through production logs, yet troubleshooting complex issues often forces us to do exactly that. This presentation explores how to improve debugging and root cause analysis using Node.js's AsyncLocalStorage API.

Upgrading dependencies can feel like jumping across a chasm, but it doesn't have to be that way. In this presentation, I share practical strategies for seamlessly migrating JavaScript codebases to newer library versions and/or TypeScript without disrupting development. Based on real-world experience migrating a large codebase (250k+ lines) with limited resources, the talk demonstrates techniques for upgrading critical dependencies like Mongoose, React Query, and build tools while minimizing risk.