Zurich JS Meetup #5: May the Code Be With You
Amazing Talks at This Event 🎤
Carving your own path: a builder’s journey
🎤 Regular TalkAlex shares real-life lessons from his journey through multiple forms of self-employment — from freelancing and running a small agency to building and marketing his own product. You’ll get honest insights, practical tips, and a clear-eyed look at the ups and downs of each stage.
The core themes covered:
- Making the leap: transitioning from full-time employment to self-employment
- The ups & downs of self-employment, tips for success
- From client work to building your own product, a.k.a. ‘Living the dream’
Whether you're seriously considering quitting your job or just curious about what it’s really like to go independent, this talk is for you.
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STRICH
STRICH is a JavaScript library for real-time, 1D/2D barcode scanning in the web browser.
Load Testing with Confidence: Integration of load tests in CI/CD
🎤 Regular TalkYour application works great in development but what happens when real users flood in? Will it handle the load, or will it crash under pressure?
What You'll learn:
- What is load testing
- How to load test your application
- Understand the report that Gatling generate
- Get some load testing tips
Join me to see how Gatling help you to scale efficiently when your website need it the most
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Building Raycast Extensions: Fast, Useful, and Actually Fun
⚡ Lightning TalkRaycast lets you turn your workflow into keyboard-driven magic. In this quick talk, I’ll walk through how I built the official Smallpdf extension in a night:
- What makes a good Raycast extension
- The basics of the Raycast API
- How to build, test, and publish one
- Lessons learned from shipping a real tool
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Smallpdf Raycast Extension
The Raycast extension for quick access to all core Smallpdf tools