Past Events

Presenters

Earth to Abigail and Otto
To Be Revealed (Live Music Coding)
Earth to Abigail and Otto will use live coding to create music with the audience


Christian Heilmann
Turning the screw with AI
AI is currently being heralded as the next evolution in computing and people are worried if their jobs are safe. They are not. A lot of the things we are being paid for now can be done by machines. The question is if that should come as a surprise, or if this is an opportunity to scrutinise if what we do is actually not necessary? AI is a tool and it is here to stay. It is now up to us to make it work for us and teach the next generation of creators what's good and not what's *good enough*.


Dylan Schiemann
Five years later: The state of Audio to Text in JS with AI
Five years ago HalfStack legend Tony Edwards regaled us with a look at using JS to transcribe his live rapping. Much has improved so we'll look at the current state of transcribing audio to text with JS and AI.


Shelly Knotts
To Be Revealed (Web Audio Experiments)
Shelly will share some of the fun web audio projects she's been working on recently.


Dale Lane
Education in the age of AI
Is artificial intelligence relevant to school children? What should we be teaching our kids about AI? Dale will talk about the role of education has played in explaining tech, and will try to persuade you that schools need to catch up with the impact AI is having on our lives. Plus Dale will show you some fun and creative ways for introducing AI.


Chris Hunt
Recent Adventures in Building 3D things on the Web
To be revealed


Natalia Waniczek
Saving the planet, one website at a time
a.k.a How to be a sustainable web developer


Earth to Abigail and Shelly Knotts
Introduction to Estuary
Estuary is a live coding platform for making music and visualizations. We'll get a quick intro to the platform and then use it to create music together during the afterparty!


Lightning
Lightning Talks
Want to share something you've been working on lately? Spend 2-3 minutes on stage sharing your project! First-come, first-served sign-ups on the day of the event.


HalfStack
Afterparty (JS Pub Quiz and Battledecks)
We will kick off the afterparty with Battledecks, a tech improv game. You have 5 minutes to pitch a fake tech startup from a randomly generated slide deck. Then we'll proceed in teams with our unique JS Pub Quiz!


Earth to Abigail and Shelly Knotts
Afterparty Live Coding Performance
A live coding performance with audience participation encouraged!