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Past Events – 2023

πŸ‡΅πŸ‡± Infoshare GdaΕ„sk (Poland) 25th May 2023

The Unbearable Weight of Massive JavaScript

Past Events – 2019

πŸ‡«πŸ‡· We Love Speed Lille, France 20th September 2019

Chaperones and curfews: minimising 3rd party impact

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Perf Matters Redwood City, San Francisco (USA) 2nd &3rd April 2019

Chaperones and curfews: minimising 3rd party impact

πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Front End Sheffield Sheffield (United Kingdom) 28th March 2019

Chaperones and curfews: minimising 3rd party impact

Past Events – 2018

πŸ‡΅πŸ‡± Making Software KrakΓ³w (Poland) 17th November 2018

Building Fast Websites Against All Odds

πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Leeds JS Leeds (United Kingdom) 31st October 2018

Building fast websites against all odds

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Dreamforce 2018 San Francisco (USA) 25th–28th September 2018

Beyond the Buzzwords: Microservices and Event-Driven Architecture

πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Mersey Code Liverpool (United Kingdom) 25th July 2018

Building fast websites against all odds

πŸ‡­πŸ‡· Tinel Split (Croatia) 21st June 2018

Building fast websites against all odds

πŸ‡΅πŸ‡± Code Europe PoznaΕ„ (Poland) 12th June 2018

Building fast websites against all odds

πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ Dev Day Berlin (Germany) 26th May 2018

Building fast websites against all odds

πŸ‡΅πŸ‡± Infoshare GdaΕ„sk (Poland) 23rd May 2018

You don't need permission to build a fast website

πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ͺ DevOps by TopConf Tallinn (Estonia) 17th May 2018

Don't panic! How to launch large-scale sites with calm and confidence

πŸ‡΅πŸ‡± Code Europe KrakΓ³w (Poland) 8th May 2018

Building fast websites against all odds

Past Events – 2017

πŸ‡΅πŸ‡± Code Europe WrocΕ‚aw (Poland) 13th December 2017

Have your cake and eat it – an introduction to event-driven architecture

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Dreamforce 2017 San Francisco (USA) 7th November 2017

Introduction To Event-Driven Architectures With Apache Kafka On Heroku

πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Leeds JS Leeds (United Kingdom) 25th October 2017

How to launch a large-scale website confidently and successfully

πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ All Day Hey Leeds (United Kingdom) 24th April 2017

Living life on the edge – identifying and managing stress, avoiding burn-out