Will Klein

Caught up with an old friend at Zurich Airport. @acemarke.dev and I go back 7 or 8 years now. He gave a phenomenal talk at @zurichjs.com on performance debugging. As always he was answering questions with the community and sharing stories with anyone lucky enough to be here.

Look who I met finally, it's my brother @willkle.in , it's so good to meet you finally in-person* wee went on discussing about life and family. Hope to see you in Germany bro. Thank you @zurichjs.com for making this possible

Erik is phenomenal. He's an extremely knowledgable and respected expert in the space.

I found Zurich! Exploring ahead of @zurichjs.com in 2 days.

We just opened up a few more slots for student/unemployed tickets: conf.zurichjs.com#tickets

AI-ready design systems have stopped asking models nicely 🫣 Polaris: “You cannot trust your trained knowledge” 🫡 Primer: “CRITICAL: CALL THIS FIRST” 🙅 shadcn: “NEVER fetch raw files from GitHub manually” discover 150+ techniques used in 20 design systems: state-of-ai-in-design-systems.netlify.app

“Take more ownership” is not a career plan. Neither is “think at a higher level.” Seniority deserves a more useful explanation.

Kevin is one of the speakers who I'm excited to meet at @zurichjs.com. He’s taught me so much about CSS through his videos.

I just bought my ticket to @zurichjs.com! I've heard so much about the community in Zurich, and a lot of awesome folks are going to be there! FYI, there's 3 more hours on the current price - and they're a steal even at full-price.

Last 14 hours: conf.zurichjs.com#tickets

Great new way to discover conferences!

These thoughts have been brewing for months and months as we’ve been rebuilding Video.js at @mux.com. Felt so good to get them on paper and present them to CascadiaJS. Hope you can learn from our mistakes!

Let’s meetup in Boston!

Watch our live panel discussion “WWDC26: Safari and Web Technologies Group Lab” today at 5:00pm Pacific. Log in at developer.apple.com (with an Apple Developer account, free accounts work) to ask or upvote questions. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIxZ...

Friends who know me… What career adventure should I take up next? I’ve learned a lot from asking friends before and hope some of you might help me once again. ✌🏽

the job market recovery is concentrated in startups and mid-market software companies, not big tech which is still trimming and hiring surgically to replace specific exits or plug AI skill gaps if you arent heavily looking at startups in your job search you are missing out

@brittanyellich.com delivering a great @atproto talk at #cascadiajs

New friends and old at #CascadiaJS with @willkle.in @roxyrodbeck.bsky.social and @francescociulla.bsky.social

This talk on compostable APIs by @darius.cool absolutely captivated me! Choosing the right abstraction is often challenging, but I agree that composition is a powerful and effective strategy. Darius described this incredibly well across different examples. #cascadiajs

The most practical CSS talk on color tokens, theming, and color functions by @jdsteinbach.com for us at @cascadiajs.com! I have some refactoring to do to simplify my CSS now. 👏 #cascadiajs

A valuable tool for incorporating accessibility into your workflow is to align your knowledge with the WCAG. I've put together a couple of references to help assist. Designers/ Devs rightbadcode.com/aligning-jak... Content Writers rightbadcode.com/the-wcag-for... #Accessibility #A11y

Introducing Flint: a fast, friendly linter. Flint is an experimental linter made to validate several hypotheses: hybrid linting, streamlined rich configuration, thorough docs & plugins, and tooling coordination. Expect to hear more about Flint over the next month. ❤️‍🔥 www.flint.fyi/blog/introdu...

This is going to be awesome!

Curious about web technology coming to Safari? How about field-sizing, position-visibility, random(), scrollbar-color, hidden=until-found, auto-expanding <details>, command & commandfor, Largest Contentful Paint, CHIPS, scrollend event, Navigation API & more! developer.apple.com/documentatio...

Follow Jen for Safari news. 👏

now more than ever, i believe being part of a community is greatly beneficial for career growth. some steps to do this: - show up to meetups - go to conferences - join a discord server

Behind the scenes of a talk recording: Friday: kids off from school Monday: they're off... again?! The week: (traveling for another conf) Saturday: 🥱 Sunday: I'll do it tonight Sunday night: too dark, need lighting Monday: all I hear is leaf blowers outside... ✌🏽Cheers!

I met @toddl.dev at #magnoliaconf and he is a shining example of why I say meet your heroes. 10 out of 10.

I thought a little more about why I love #magnoliaconf so much in such a short time. Here's two reasons: 1. It's a chill, welcoming place, where I could be myself right away. 2. I go to conferences for inspiration, and the talks selected are filled with opportunities to find this.

Not even a full day at @magnolia.boo and this is already one of my favorite conferences. Where else are you going to find @joshuakgoldberg.com dressed as a Tinky-Winky? Seriously though, the speakers, attendees, organizers, MC... they're all wonderful humans. #magnoliaconf

This week for @magnolia.boo I'm excited to unveil a new talk, with a special twist for this spooky event. I've heard wonderful things about MagnoliaConf (formerly MagnoliaJS). Thanks @blackgirlbytes.bsky.social for getting me hyped about it!

I finally full-sent it and dropped my 1st video. 🔗 Link in the comments #100devs #codeJourney

Netflix is the only subscription our family never takes a break from. I watch everything my kids watch. Their favorite shows are the ones that illustrate our differences with kindness & understanding. This kindness & understanding shows up in how they interact with others.

Rayla has claimed this spot as her own. 🙂‍↕️

Having a blast at #CascadiaJS with @israataha.bsky.social @willkle.in and @davekiss.com !

Dear friends on H1Bs, please be careful about leaving and returning to the USA right now. It could cost you $100k. I know my country is in debt, but this is a ridiculously shortsighted way to raise funds from tech giants, by holding their employees hostage www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

“This had been the most exciting thing in my career because I can actually maintain an application and not let the tech debt pile up” @brittanyellich.com on using GitHub Copilot at #CascadiaJS She shared a stellar talk on why rewriting is not the answer but we can instead refactor with AI. 💯

@willkle.in had one of my favorite talks at #CascadiaJS: How to Win Developers and Influence Adoption Starting with: be helpful ♥️ 10/10

On my way to #CascadiaJS! I now live 3,000 miles from my adopted “home” conference, but that doesn’t change a thing. Who will I see this time? 😊

If this doesn’t hook you, I don’t know what does! Who will I see at @magnolia.boo next month?

Enjoying this podcast, live with @andrewgilliland.dev and @tdesseyn.bsky.social! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yc_3...

I am having a wild year and there’s one person that makes it all possible and worthwhile for me. I hope y’all get to meet her sometime. She’s the kind of person that makes the world around her brighter every day.

🎙️ I've been on the PodRocket podcast by @logrocket.bsky.social recently, talking some more about useCallback, useMemo, "the latest ref pattern" and the React Compiler:

Hey y'all, my favorite conference, @magnolia.boo , needs sponsors. It has the best food, supports an under-served community, and as the inaugural costume contest winner, I can say it has the best costumes! Sponsorships start at $500, so send this to your company: drive.google.com/file/d/1p2bg...

Seriously one of the best Discord communities I’ve seen.