Jay Phelps

Backpressure—resistance opposing the desired flow of data through software—from massive scale, to death by a thousand cuts, it’s something nearly every software engineer will have to deal with at some point on the client and server. 

For some, it’s a frequent problem. But the term itself isn’t nearly as understood and recognized. 

In this talk, we’ll discover what backpressure really is, when it happens, and the strategies you can apply to deal with it.

2019

ReactiveConf

Backpressure: Resistance is NOT Futile

WebAssembly (aka wasm) is a new, standardized compilation target for the web, shipping in all modern browsers. But since it's so low level it can be difficult to see how it will revolutionize the next generation of web apps–and definitely not just games and C++!

In this talk I will reveal what it is, how you can use it today, and the incredible opportunities it will unlock in the years to come on both the Web and on Desktop. We'll also explore how React itself might some day use WebAssembly to power it's Virtual DOM.

2018

React Rally

Help me WebAssembly, you're my only hope!

WebAssembly (aka wasm) is a new, standardized compilation target for the web, available in all modern browsers. But since it's so low level it can be difficult to see how it will revolutionize the future generations of React apps and potentially even power React itself. 

In this talk Jay will reveal what it is, how you can use it today, and the incredible opportunities it will continue to unlock.

Reactathon

React, Powered by WebAssembly

JSX is an XML-like syntax extension to JavaScript, popularized by React. When seen for the first time it can often elicit bad memories of intermixing HTML and code, but JSX is *very* different! Let's learn exactly what it is, how it works, and even how you can use it outside of React.