Grand Ballroom C

Bonus Talks!

React has always allowed us to create building blocks and assemble or share them as we desired, but that model never included the server. With the advent of RSCs and Server Actions, it is becoming possible to do just that: share full-blown client+server components to npm and simply install them.

In this talk, we will explore the future of easily shareable full-stack components. The idea is to target the entire webdev community from rails devs shipping engines to react/vue/angular devs who are trying to get into backend and figure out how to connect stuff.

The talk will also include live coding example to showcase the simplicity of RSC compared to the existing solutions

Fran Zekan

Shipping reusable full-stack components

Now that React 19 is officially stable, what does that mean for React Router?

The introduction of Remix, a web standards-based framework built on React Router, pushed the React ecosystem forward and helped make server-side rendering, forms, and #useThePlatform cool again.

Not long after, React began sharing plans to introduce an API for creating composable server-client React applications, a.k.a React Server Components. Now, four years later, all Remix features have been fully merged into React Router, React 19 is out, and the future is bright.

In this talk, Brooks will walk through the history and evolution of React Router. He will highlight how RSC and many other new features of React 19 make React Router even better. React Router has new tools, but the same goal: to help you build better websites and make the web epic.

Brooks Lybrand

What React 19 means for React Router

Wasatch

Build a full-stack AI app that automatically processes, labels, and summarizes incoming emails. You’ll create the app using React Router, TypeScript, the AI SDK by Vercel, and Neon Postgres with DrizzleORM.
By the end of the workshop, you’ll have a fully working app and gain practical experience building AI features you can include in future projects.
When it comes to assumptions & prerequisites, workshop attendees should have:
- Basic knowledge of git, building APIs, and writing server-side code with JavaScript/TypeScript
- Familiarity with command-line tools and installing Node.js packages
The workshop focuses mainly on backend development and AI integration, so no frontend experience is required. The entire workshop material and exercises will be available on GitHub, and the project will be runnable in GitHub Codespaces.

Workshop: Build a full-stack AI app

Registration Desk

Workshop Registration

Seminar

Workshop: Modern React Server Components

Squatters Pub Brewery

Join in and play along with 3 teams of expert web devs as they have 30 minutes to plan and 4 hours to build a web app from scratch. 

Jason Lengstorf

Web Dev Challenge

Get together with conference attendees before the conference day at a chill venue (tba) with a chill vibe!

Pre-Party 🥳

Breakfast

Taylor Desseyn

Bree Hall

Welcome

Kent C. Dodds

Of things Epic

JavaScript wasn’t always the cool kid on the block. How did it evolve from a 10-day, hacked-together “toy language” into the cornerstone of modern web development? In this talk, we’ll trace the journey of JavaScript from its humble beginnings to its rise as a web powerhouse.

Annie Sexton

JavaScript: The Origin Story

Zack Jackson

Epic Federation

Break

I'll cover the last year of my life, from being laid off to reaching XX in revenue as a indie creator. But more importantly, we'll cover the time *leading up* to the layoff, and the things that I did then to set myself up for success regardless of what comes, and how you can do the same.



Aaron Francis

Epic Bets: Practical tips for betting on yourself

In this talk, I’ll share how learning out loud can help you build an authentic personal brand while achieving your goals—even if you’re short on time. I’ll show you how to share your journey in a way that feels natural, adds value to others, and accelerates your learning. By the end, you’ll have actionable steps to grow your skills, gain opportunities, and build a community of your people—all by simply documenting your learning process.


Madison Kanna

Why You Should Learn Out Loud In 2025

When optimizing a website, images are a great place to start. Reducing gigabytes—or at least megabytes—of image data can dramatically improve your site's performance and web vitals, and it’s often a quick win. But how do you build an effective image optimization solution for your project?

In this talk, I will share my image optimization journey and what I learned over the past few months of building "openimg".

Andre Landgraf

Epic Image Optimization

We've got it backwards. We think we need to learn everything before we can build anything meaningful. But every developer's journey tells a different story - one where our greatest learning moments came from diving in and building something we didn't quite know how to build yet.

Let's change up how you think about building with Learning Driven Development. It's about embracing the uncertainty of starting before you're "ready." It's about understanding that every error message is a lesson, every Stack Overflow search is a step forward, and every solved problem becomes a permanent part of your developer toolkit.

When you build first and learn as you go, something magical happens. Suddenly, you're not memorizing syntax - you're discovering solutions. You're not studying concepts - you're experiencing them. That authentication tutorial you skimmed last month? It didn't stick. But that weekend you spent implementing auth in your side project? That knowledge is yours forever.

In this lightning talk I'll challenge you to remember that you don't need to know everything to begin - you just need to begin to know anything.

Josh Cirre

LDD: Learning Driven Development

Lunch

The Hindley Milner type inference algorithm forms the backbone of the type systems of many modern programming languages, and is simple enough to learn in five minutes :) we'll cover the core algorithm as well as some interesting extensions that show up in languages like Roc, Elm, Koka, and Gleam.

Jared Forsyth

Hindley and Milner walk into a bar

A lightning talk briefly talking about the importance of networking and how to network through learning in public. Specifically through live streaming yourself coding on Twitch or Youtube.

Leah Thompson

Networking through Streaming on Twitch

What does a piano, a soldering iron, an Xbox controller, and your web browser have in common? Most often we use the Web platform to paint boxes on peoples screens, but it is capable of so much more. Join me as we explore some of the weirder Web APIs, like Web Audio, Web MIDI, Web Gamepad, WebUSB, and Web Serial. Lets learn how we can use these features to add capability, accessibility, and delight to your apps.

Alex Anderson

The Weird Web

In this talk, we will explore the intersection of artificial intelligence, web development, and self-replacement by launching an AI assistant that will help deliver the presentation yet. Watch as the Kira AI livecodes an interactive, generative AI music visualization app while introducing various AI devtools along the way. Join us as we work together to work less.

Kira Corbett

Eve Porcello

Building an AI Assistant to Deliver Your Best Presentations

A live demo going from app idea to production using the epic stack and AI tools in 20 minutes!

Devon Neill

Idea to production in 20 minutes

The hardest part of Design Systems is neither the coding nor the deploying; it’s the adoption.
Encouraging teams to use it and to integrate it as part of their workflow is no easy task and it is the key to avoid the dreaded “Failure of the Design System”.

In this talk, we are going to explore multiple tools and strategies that will help you and your teams increase the adoption of your design system across your company. From simplifying testing, to smooth implementation and maintenance.

Join us to make your design system truly bulletproof.

Eva Ferreira

Bulletproof Design Systems

Testing with screen reader and keyboard and troubleshooting bugs

Shruti Kapoor

Building accessible web apps

The mention of artificial intelligence or AI brings a rush of emotions. There's fear and worry, yet there's also excitement excitement. Regardless of where we fall on the spectrum, the truth still remains that we as developers will have to evolve to meet the challenges of software systems of the future.

In this journey together, you'll understand just how important you are to software, but beyond that, be ready to meet the needs of the future of software development.

Epic Web Conf 2025 Schedule

Tuesday, 03/25/2025

Room: Registration Desk

Workshop Registration

Room: Wasatch

Workshop: Build a full-stack AI app

Room: Seminar

Workshop: Modern React Server Components

Room: Grand Ballroom C

Bonus Talks!

Shipping reusable full-stack components

What React 19 means for React Router

Room: Squatters Pub Brewery

Web Dev Challenge

Pre-Party 🥳

Wednesday, 03/26/2025

Room: Registration Desk

Registration

Room: Grand Ballroom C

Breakfast

Welcome

Of things Epic

JavaScript: The Origin Story

Epic Federation

Break

Epic Bets: Practical tips for betting on yourself

Why You Should Learn Out Loud In 2025

Epic Image Optimization

LDD: Learning Driven Development

Lunch

Hindley and Milner walk into a bar

Networking through Streaming on Twitch

Shipping reusable full-stack components

The Weird Web

Building an AI Assistant to Deliver Your Best Presentations

Break

Idea to production in 20 minutes

What React 19 means for React Router

Bulletproof Design Systems

Break

Building accessible web apps

Beyond code assist: Driving impact as a next-gen developer

Farewell

Dinner On Your Own

Room: Grand Ballroom B

Party!