As a developer, it's natural to want your code to be as efficient as possible. But what defines efficiency? The answer varies depending on who you ask. For those bootstrapping a new web app, minimizing friction on the path to your launch is often the primary goal. Achieving this requires a web stack that maximizes your developer experience. In this session, we’ll explore the real world journey of balancing developer productivity with the challenges involved when building a modern web app.

Performant Architecture for a Fast Gen AI User Experience

More and more developers are being asked to build Generative AI experiences into their web applications everywhere. However, the user's experience with Generative AI can sometimes be slow and frustrating. It’s been years since we would gladly wait over 10 seconds for a response to anything online. As AI processing gets faster, there are new limiting factors that could be negatively affecting your AI user experience.

In this talk, we will cover different ways to minimise laggy experiences in web applications when interacting with third-party Generative AI tools. We’ll be using a practical demonstration to show how you can reduce latency as we build one of my favourite sci fi gadgets, the babel fish.

Join Conor on a magical walk through a devtools Saas build with a cutting edge Next.js stack. He will discuss the different routes, design decisions, and tools considered and hopefully teach you some new things and invite you to challenge the choices he made.

In this workshop, you'll learn how to transform your app idea into a fully deployed and scalable product as quickly and cost-effectively as possible. We'll explore how to leverage AI tools to rapidly create a functional and visually appealing frontend, and discuss hosting services that not only enable seamless automatic deployment but also provide built-in scalability to handle growing user demand. You'll discover how to use Backend-as-a-Service (BaaS) platforms to manage server-side functionality without extensive coding. Additionally, we'll cover essential features like integrating payment systems, implementing secure user authentication, and managing data with scalable database solutions. By the end, you'll have the knowledge to build, scale, and launch your app with minimal effort and maximum efficiency.