

Javascript evolution has sped up (a lot) in recent years and event the most veterans developers find it hard to keep up with the latest trends. This meetup group aims to bring you monthly bite-sized updates on the world of Javascript along with a healthy dose of nice people, beer and pizza.
Please use your full name when registering, as some of our venues require a full list of attendees beforehand. You have an idea and you want to be a speaker?We are always looking for more speakers - submit your talk here (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdFaatfveOUbrmer47jYb5J4J4ttxAFc1CgTjUDltBXmDOJmg/viewform)
One of the most popular best practices in Angular is that services should do one thing and do it well. One exception to this is when AI comes into the game because it knows what it can do and when, with the right prompt.
In this talk, we will learn how to design flexible and adaptable business logic for Angular applications. Our focus will be on integrating Firebase AI Logic to enable these applications to effectively respond to evolving requirements and dynamic business needs.
AwayFL is an open source Flash emulator for the web written in Typescript and WebGL. Rob Bateman inadvertently started the project 10 years ago back when life without Flash was unthinkable and he was trying to do other things. We'll take a look at what defines a language, when reverse-engineering gets silly, and how to keep going even when no-one seems interested in what you're doing any more, yourself included. All while reliving some kick-ass retro Flash games.
We built a workflow harness that turns Jira tickets tagged with agentic-mode into GitHub pull requests. This talk shares lessons on guardrails, checkpoints, context, human-in-the-loop decisions, and whether better models need less oversight.
Forty tabs open. Back-to-back meetings. An AI coding assistant quietly wiping your context every twenty minutes. If that's your day too, you already know what it feels like to walk into a room mentally exhausted and without the one thing you need to make a decision.
I built a Slack bot to fix that for myself. I'll show you what it does and how to build one for yourself.
We often add animations to "delight" users, but at what cost to our Lighthouse scores? As a solo developer, I need UIs that look high-end without the maintenance overhead of heavy libraries. In this talk, I’ll break down my "Animation Decision Matrix, a three-tier strategy for choosing the right tool for the job. We’ll explore Vue’s <Transition>, how the Web Animations API keeps the main thread free, and exactly when it's worth using the 30kb involved in GSAP. Expect a pragmatic look at the browser rendering pipeline.
I know, I know - another AI talk. But hear me out: this one isn't about prompts, it isn't about replacing developers, and ChatGPT won't be mentioned once. It's about what happens when you stop using AI as a fancy autocomplete and start wiring it up with tools, memory, and the ability to orchestrate other agents. We'll look at how Claude skills and plugins actually work, build a small agent pipeline live, and be honest about where it breaks. You might leave with ideas you can actually use on day-to-day bases.
Yaroslav Matushevych

Javascript evolution has sped up (a lot) in recent years and event the most veterans developers find it hard to keep up with the latest trends. This meetup group aims to bring you monthly bite-sized updates on the world of Javascript along with a healthy dose of nice people, beer and pizza.
Please use your full name when registering, as some of our venues require a full list of attendees beforehand. You have an idea and you want to be a speaker?We are always looking for more speakers - submit your talk here (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdFaatfveOUbrmer47jYb5J4J4ttxAFc1CgTjUDltBXmDOJmg/viewform)
One of the most popular best practices in Angular is that services should do one thing and do it well. One exception to this is when AI comes into the game because it knows what it can do and when, with the right prompt.
In this talk, we will learn how to design flexible and adaptable business logic for Angular applications. Our focus will be on integrating Firebase AI Logic to enable these applications to effectively respond to evolving requirements and dynamic business needs.
AwayFL is an open source Flash emulator for the web written in Typescript and WebGL. Rob Bateman inadvertently started the project 10 years ago back when life without Flash was unthinkable and he was trying to do other things. We'll take a look at what defines a language, when reverse-engineering gets silly, and how to keep going even when no-one seems interested in what you're doing any more, yourself included. All while reliving some kick-ass retro Flash games.
We built a workflow harness that turns Jira tickets tagged with agentic-mode into GitHub pull requests. This talk shares lessons on guardrails, checkpoints, context, human-in-the-loop decisions, and whether better models need less oversight.
Forty tabs open. Back-to-back meetings. An AI coding assistant quietly wiping your context every twenty minutes. If that's your day too, you already know what it feels like to walk into a room mentally exhausted and without the one thing you need to make a decision.
I built a Slack bot to fix that for myself. I'll show you what it does and how to build one for yourself.
We often add animations to "delight" users, but at what cost to our Lighthouse scores? As a solo developer, I need UIs that look high-end without the maintenance overhead of heavy libraries. In this talk, I’ll break down my "Animation Decision Matrix, a three-tier strategy for choosing the right tool for the job. We’ll explore Vue’s <Transition>, how the Web Animations API keeps the main thread free, and exactly when it's worth using the 30kb involved in GSAP. Expect a pragmatic look at the browser rendering pipeline.
I know, I know - another AI talk. But hear me out: this one isn't about prompts, it isn't about replacing developers, and ChatGPT won't be mentioned once. It's about what happens when you stop using AI as a fancy autocomplete and start wiring it up with tools, memory, and the ability to orchestrate other agents. We'll look at how Claude skills and plugins actually work, build a small agent pipeline live, and be honest about where it breaks. You might leave with ideas you can actually use on day-to-day bases.
Yaroslav MatushevychGet in touch!
hi@guild.host