# ZurichJS

> ZurichJS is a non-profit JavaScript and TypeScript community in Zurich, Switzerland, run by the Swiss JavaScript Group association. It hosts free monthly meetups with talks and the yearly ZurichJS Conference. RSVPs happen on Meetup (https://www.meetup.com/zurich-js/). Talks are not recorded and slides are not published.

## Pages
- [Home](https://zurichjs.com): The next meetup, recent talks, speakers and how to take part.
- [Events](https://zurichjs.com/events): Upcoming and past ZurichJS meetups.
- [Speakers](https://zurichjs.com/speakers): Everyone who has spoken at ZurichJS, with their talks.
- [Speak at a meetup](https://zurichjs.com/cfp): Propose a talk; first-time speakers welcome.
- [Today](https://zurichjs.com/today): The programme of today’s meetup, now and next.
- [About](https://zurichjs.com/about): Who runs ZurichJS, the association behind it and its history.
- [Why it’s called ZurichJS](https://zurichjs.com/about/why-zurichjs): The story behind the name.
- [Host or support a meetup](https://zurichjs.com/partners): Ways for companies to host, sponsor or support ZurichJS.
- [Photos](https://zurichjs.com/media): Photos from ZurichJS meetups.
- [Contact](https://zurichjs.com/contact): How to reach the organisers.
- [Volunteer](https://zurichjs.com/cfv): Help run ZurichJS.
- [Support ZurichJS](https://zurichjs.com/donate): Donate once or monthly, or support the community as a member, host, sponsor, speaker or volunteer.
- [Feedback](https://zurichjs.com/feedback): Tell us how the last meetup went.
- [Membership](https://zurichjs.com/membership): Join the Swiss JavaScript Group association as a Basic Member or Supporter.
- [Membership terms](https://zurichjs.com/membership/terms): The terms for membership of the Swiss JavaScript Group, the association behind ZurichJS.
- [Conference waitlist](https://zurichjs.com/waitlist/conf): Get an email when ZurichJS Conference tickets, speakers and dates are announced.
- [JavaScript meetups in Zurich](https://zurichjs.com/meetups/javascript-zurich): Free monthly JavaScript and TypeScript meetups in Zurich: topics, who comes, FAQ.
- [AI development meetups in Zurich](https://zurichjs.com/meetups/ai-ml-zurich): Practical AI and machine learning talks for JavaScript and TypeScript developers.
- [Meetups and conferences in Zurich](https://zurichjs.com/conferences/tech-conferences-zurich): How ZurichJS meetups complement FrontConf, Voxxed Days and other Zurich conferences.
- [Information for AI assistants](https://zurichjs.com/ai-context): Facts about ZurichJS in one page.

## Upcoming events
- [ZurichJS: 2nd Anniversary](https://zurichjs.com/events/zurichjs-2nd-anniversary): Thu 12th Nov 2026 · SAE Institute Zurich, Zürich · We cannot believe it's been 2 years already! And after 25 meetups and a conference, it's time to slow down and celebrate what this community has managed to do together!

## Past events
- [Zurich JS Conf 2026 Warm-Up Meetup & Early Badge Pickup](https://zurichjs.com/events/sep-2026): Wed 9th Sept 2026 · GetYourGuide, Zürich · The week of the conference is here, and so is our most special meetup edition of the year: the warm-up! Let's start it up with our traditional meetup experience: great people, food, drinks, and pure positive energy! Except, this time, we're following it up with a workshop day and a conference we've 
- [ZurichJS: Surfing on the Open Web](https://zurichjs.com/events/july-2026): Thu 23rd Jul 2026 · Smallpdf AG, Zürich · High summer is here, and we're cooling off the best way we know how: with a deep dive into advanced browser engineering. Join us this July as we explore the limits of data science and computing on the open web. Come catch the JavaScript wave, grab a cold beverage, and talk code with the community.
- [Beers, grills, and how to monetize](https://zurichjs.com/events/june-2026): Thu 18th Jun 2026 · Josefwiese Park, Zürich · No slides, no schedule. We're meeting up for a relaxed ZurichJS summer meetup with drinks, barbecue, and people who build things. If you’re shipping an AI tool, a vibe-coded side project, a SaaS product, or an existing app that could use a better business model, bring it along. We’ll hang out, compa
- [ZurichJS Pro: May the Source Map Be With You](https://zurichjs.com/events/may-2026): Thu 21st May 2026 · Smallpdf, Zürich · JavaScript is single-threaded, yet it powers the world's most complex real-time interfaces. Behind that magic lies the event loop; a mechanism that is often misunderstood, feared, or simply ignored until a performance bottleneck brings your app to a screeching halt. This May, we’re celebrating Star 
- [Blossoming tech: from Payments to pixel-perfection 🌸](https://zurichjs.com/events/april-2026): Tue 21st Apr 2026 · Smallpdf, AG, Zürich · Spring is in the air, and so is fresh code! Join us for a JavaScript meetup that bridges the gap between backend reliability and frontend beauty. Whether you're building secure payment integrations or crafting pixel-perfect user interfaces, this event brings together the full spectrum of modern web 
- [ZurichJS X VDZ: Warm Up](https://zurichjs.com/events/march-2026): Mon 23rd Mar 2026 · Smallpdf, AG, Zürich · The road to VOXXED Days Zurich starts here. Before the main stage opens, we’re gathering for a high-octane warm-up to stress-test our assumptions and sharpen our tools. In this special collaboration, we’re moving past the "hello world" tutorials and diving into the hard-won lessons of scaling produc
- [All down to the types](https://zurichjs.com/events/feb-2026): Thu 26th Feb 2026 · ORBIZ Josef, Zürich, Zürich · A single broken type can ripple through your entire stack, turning a seamless deployment into a debugging nightmare. But when your types are watertight, the magic happens: code that documents itself, databases that talk to forms, and modularity without the risk. This February, we’re stripping away t
- [ZurichJS X Stripe: Navigating Payments in the new year](https://zurichjs.com/events/jan-2026): Thu 22nd Jan 2026 · GetYourGuide Zurich, Zürich · New year, new ideas! Join ZurichJS, Vue Zurich and Stripe for an evening of code, conversations, and cutting-edge payment insights. Whether you’re scaling a startup or building your next side project, this meetup will fuel your momentum. From seamless checkout flows to developer-first APIs, we’ll di
- [ZurichJS X Supabase Social](https://zurichjs.com/events/zurichjs-supabase-dec-2025): Mon 8th Dec 2025 · novu ag – Webagentur Zürich, Zürich · ​No slides, no prep, no pressure. A relaxed night for people who build things, whether you are a founder, a CTO, or a developer who ships fast and figures things out along the way. If you have been using Supabase to validate an idea, scale something quickly, or just avoid spinning up infra from scra
- [ZurichJS Meetup: 1st Anniversary Special Edition](https://zurichjs.com/events/zurichjs-10-1st-anniversary-special-edition): Thu 13th Nov 2025 · Pause im Foifi, Zürich · Before the winter code freeze sets in and the only thing you want to debug is your holiday light setup, it's time for one last push. Let's get our applications stable enough to survive hibernation. This November, we're focusing on pragmatic solutions and tooling that bring stability to your developm
- [ZurichJS Pro Meetup: H(a)unt the gaps in your Apps](https://zurichjs.com/events/pro-zurichjs-meetup-9): Tue 28th Oct 2025 · Smallpdf, AG, Zürich · Every web app has ghosts lurking in the shadows — hidden performance drains, invisible vulnerabilities, and subtle bugs waiting to strike. This October, we’ll shine a flashlight on the dark corners of modern web development: How to exorcise buffering and heavy data costs with smarter video optimizat
- [Pro Zurich JS Meetup #8: Flare up your Performance](https://zurichjs.com/events/zurich-js-meetup-8-flare-up-your-performance): Wed 10th Sept 2025 · Smallpdf AG, Zürich · What does it take to build truly performant, scalable web apps in 2025? At this ZurichJS Pro edition, we’re going beyond frameworks and diving into infra that moves the needle: - How to own your deployment pipeline without bloated cloud contracts - How to give every user their own server (yes, reall
- [Pro Zurich JS Meetup #7: Sizzling hot JavaScript](https://zurichjs.com/events/zurich-js-meetup-7-sizzling-hot-java-script): Thu 24th Jul 2025 · Smallpdf AG, Zürich · We’re launching into orbit for ZurichJS Meetup #7 — and Astro is our rocket. 🪐🚀 Join us on Thursday, 24th July for a sizzling session of cutting-edge JavaScript, honest dev stories, and all the community energy you’ve come to expect from ZurichJS. Expect: • JavaScript that moves at lightspeed ⚡ • 
- [Pro Zurich JS Meetup #6: June's server solstice](https://zurichjs.com/events/zurich-js-meetup-6-june-s-server-solstice): Thu 19th Jun 2025 · ORBIZ Josef, Zürich, Zürich · Summer’s heating up, and so is ZurichJS. On Thursday, June 19th, we’re bringing the sixth edition of ZurichJS to life with a server-sized dose of JavaScript energy. 🌞 This month, we’re tuning into the pulse of Node.js infrastructure and high-performance front-end frameworks. Expect: • Talks that ma
- [Zurich JS Meetup #5: May the Code Be With You](https://zurichjs.com/events/zurichjs-6): Thu 15th May 2025 · Smallpdf AG, Zurich, Zürich · The JavaScript saga continues... As the calendar turns to May, a new chapter unfolds for our ZurichJS community. We're looking forward to welcoming you on Thursday, May 15th to the welcoming halls of Smallpdf for an evening of stellar talks and connecting with fellow JavaScript enthusiasts. Prepare 
- [Zurich JS Meetup #4: April stands for AI](https://zurichjs.com/events/zurichjs-5): Thu 17th Apr 2025 · Smallpdf AG, Zurich, Zürich · Swiss April? Never mind the showers, we're forecasting a light drizzle of JavaScript insights! On Thursday, April 17th, we’re organizing the fourth edition of Zurich JS and we'll visit the cool Smallpdf office for the first time! 🎉
- [Zurich JS Meetup #3: Revitalizing JS spring season](https://zurichjs.com/events/zurichjs-4): Thu 20th Mar 2025 · Ginetta, Zurich, Zürich · Let's keep the ball rolling! On Thursday, March 20th, we’re organizing the third edition of Zurich JS! Details are soon to follow, but we're happy to be hosted by Ginetta in their Zurich office! For this edition, we have two engaging talks, as well as a quick lighting talk!
- [Vue Meetup reboot](https://zurichjs.com/events/vue-meetup-reboot): Tue 4th Mar 2025 · GetYourGuide Zurich, Zürich · We’re bringing together the best of both worlds: a beloved framework and a cool up-and-coming meetup, ZurichJS. This Vue meetup will be hosted with love by GetYourGuide, in their Zurich office, just a 5-minute walk away from Zurich main station!
- [Zurich JS Meetup #2: New Year, New Talks!](https://zurichjs.com/events/zurich-js-meetup-2-new-year-new-talks): Thu 6th Feb 2025 · novu ag – Webagentur Zürich, Zürich · Let’s start the new year with a bang! On Thursday, February 6th, we’re organizing the second edition of Zurich JS! For this edition, we have two confirmed talks, as well as an open lighting talk slot (a quick 3-5 min bit to share). If you’re interested, reach out to us on LinkedIn.
- [Zurich JS Meetup Relaunch: Talks, Lightning Sessions, and Networking](https://zurichjs.com/events/zurichjs-relaunch): Thu 14th Nov 2024 · novu ag – Webagentur Zürich, Zürich · Whether you're working or learning React, Angular, Vue, vanilla JS or even backend technologies like Node.js or Deno, this meetup is for everyone building for the web with JavaScript! Join us on November 14th for this edition, hosted by novu ag, a talented web agency based in Zurich-Bern-Basel. For 

## Speakers
- [Maximilian Walterskirchen](https://zurichjs.com/speakers/speaker-1f8c216d-ca40-444b-8e79-885da5318904): Senior Software Engineer
- [Elian Van Cutsem](https://zurichjs.com/speakers/elian-van-cutsem): Lead DevRel at React Bricks | CTO at Vulpo | Astro Maintainer | devs.gent meetup organiser
- [Faris Aziz](https://zurichjs.com/speakers/faris-aziz): Staff Software Engineer at Smallpdf | Conference Speaker | Workshop Instructor
- [Bert De Swaef](https://zurichjs.com/speakers/bert-de-swaef): Owner, Founder at Vulpo Digital Studio
- [Indermohan Singh](https://zurichjs.com/speakers/indermohan-singh): Senior Developer Advocate for Dynatrace Apps | Developer | Musician
- [Matteo Collina](https://zurichjs.com/speakers/matteo-collina): Co-Founder/CTO @ Platformatic - Node.js TSC member - Fastify Lead Maintainer
- [Nico Martin](https://zurichjs.com/speakers/nico-martin): Frontend Developer and Google Developer Expert for Web Technologies and AI
- [Stéphane Turquay](https://zurichjs.com/speakers/speaker-78e5397b-8d59-4001-b4be-612ba23de794): Principal Product Manager @ Smallpdf
- [Aleksej Dix](https://zurichjs.com/speakers/aleksej-dix): Founder of Allyship.dev
- [Jan Nicklas](https://zurichjs.com/speakers/speaker-eb94880a-d590-4ea2-9fc8-c0ac90d3ba79): Frontend Lead
- [Jan Hesters](https://zurichjs.com/speakers/jan-hesters): CTO @ ReactSquad & SocialKit
- [Nicolò Ribaudo](https://zurichjs.com/speakers/nicolò-ribaudo): Standards Engineer at Igalia | Babel Maintainer
- [Juliette Wang](https://zurichjs.com/speakers/speaker-cb0cc90c-5add-4aca-80b8-0b692fd86ed1): Student
- [Salih Güler](https://zurichjs.com/speakers/speaker-38774399-e493-4e7e-980d-ec3b150f9bc2): Senior Developer Advocate, AWS
- [Adam Berecz](https://zurichjs.com/speakers/adam-berecz): Founder of Vueform
- [Wout Mertens](https://zurichjs.com/speakers/wout-mertens): Head of Product at StratoKit SA | Qwik Core Contributor
- [Julien Huang](https://zurichjs.com/speakers/speaker-338fd164-74a1-4945-9940-9073d116df61): Software/Open-source Engineer
- [Esther Brunner](https://zurichjs.com/speakers/speaker-f88b9696-487c-4fbf-b826-2dd211dbc632): User Interface Developer and Partner
- [Colin Schwarz](https://zurichjs.com/speakers/speaker-44e74756-8bda-4f62-b8ff-a93bc976a068): Senior Software Engineer
- [Jens Rømer Hesselbjerg](https://zurichjs.com/speakers/speaker-029bcb22-a314-42e1-a68f-f75ffd934939): Senior Software Engineer
- [Luca Christen](https://zurichjs.com/speakers/speaker-df8afc10-39ae-47ba-9e3f-ce90ca134000): Senior Software Engineer
- [Łukasz Nowak](https://zurichjs.com/speakers/speaker-c37865b0-4859-481f-b069-19063e2d6062): Vanilla Coffee Developer
- [Harshil Agrawal](https://zurichjs.com/speakers/speaker-c6fff8ee-97c5-4db1-8d6c-fb90ad1376e9): Developer Educator @ Cloudflare
- [David Joos](https://zurichjs.com/speakers/speaker-f5007eb1-8752-4f32-80cb-7175876baf9e): Solution Architect
- [Nadja Hesselbjerg](https://zurichjs.com/speakers/speaker-ce57073e-185e-4b8f-980b-bfa996270837): Frontend Developer
- [Ewa Gasperowicz](https://zurichjs.com/speakers/ewa-gasperowicz): Senior Developer Relations Engineer at Google
- [Thomas Rubattel](https://zurichjs.com/speakers/speaker-96fd0fde-a11e-4fa1-8efb-96b731f0f1ea): Frontend developer
- [Davy Engone](https://zurichjs.com/speakers/speaker-69b5455a-0057-44df-8be5-f7c33b00cf4e): AI Engineer and Founder at Hackagess
- [Evangelia Mitsopoulou](https://zurichjs.com/speakers/evangelia-mitsopoulou): Founder of Evangelia
- [Rimas Krivickas](https://zurichjs.com/speakers/speaker-31e51b6a-5cc8-4a04-8faa-a364092458d7): Principal Software Engineer
- [Lukas Spirig](https://zurichjs.com/speakers/lukas-spirig): Product Owner/Senior Engineer at SBB
- [Christian Wörz](https://zurichjs.com/speakers/christian-wörz): Expert Fullstack Engineer 👨‍💻 | Microsoft MVP 🔷 (Web Dev & Dev Tools)
- [Dr Kubilay Ahmet Kucuk](https://zurichjs.com/speakers/dr-kubilay-ahmet-kucuk): Product Lead
- [Daniel Roe](https://zurichjs.com/speakers/daniel-roe): Nuxt core team lead at Vercel
- [Andriy Pokrovskyi](https://zurichjs.com/speakers/andriy-pokrovskyi): AI Content Creator | Full-Stack Dev | Flutter & Dart
- [Bogdan Ilie](https://zurichjs.com/speakers/bogdan-ilie): Creative Front-End Web Engineer | Design-focused
- [Alex Suzuki](https://zurichjs.com/speakers/alex-suzuki): Solopreneur | Author of STRICH (Barcode Scanning for Web Apps) | Father of two
- [Rahul Nanwani](https://zurichjs.com/speakers/speaker-52bee4bd-ff5b-43ba-85d6-2c073eea6cb6): CEO @ ImageKit.io
- [Savas Vedova](https://zurichjs.com/speakers/speaker-fbd7c8c0-d875-4e7b-81b6-301854c01b7c): Staff Frontend Engineer at GitLab | Founder at Stormkit
- [Markus Walther, PhD](https://zurichjs.com/speakers/speaker-f637ff0b-cea8-477a-a50f-49e86c0c8a75): Expert Frontend Engineer
- [Aubry Cholleton](https://zurichjs.com/speakers/speaker-bfc90818-ff57-4e5d-97a7-f192c1ed7eb4): Tech Lead
- [Calum Gathergood](https://zurichjs.com/speakers/speaker-6d94298d-f246-4bab-82b5-f64aec6b8bf5): Software Engineer
- [Bogdan Kolesnyk](https://zurichjs.com/speakers/speaker-3ed55db1-9c53-4305-90d6-f775e252555d): Principal Software Architect
- [Daniel Barrera Thümmler](https://zurichjs.com/speakers/speaker-81fc0b3f-a9eb-4fcb-af2d-c76b28c4789a): Software Engineering Manager
- [Raúl Jiménez](https://zurichjs.com/speakers/speaker-3b0b45e0-5242-4a30-926b-6764a0db8de4): Cofounder
- [Dan Neciu](https://zurichjs.com/speakers/speaker-ef22264d-c309-4eb2-a6b3-0b9451cabcb9): Staff Software Engineer
- [Samir Akarioh](https://zurichjs.com/speakers/speaker-dacb9100-1ee5-4d1d-87c6-391c09166f3a): Developer Advocate @ Gatling
- [Victor Nitu](https://zurichjs.com/speakers/speaker-f927f4e9-ab2c-4e65-9976-c0d5d17cddd5): AI Engineer
- [Dani Coll](https://zurichjs.com/speakers/speaker-e9fed3d8-151c-422f-9e43-bd20160183a6): Senior Developer Advocate @ Dynatrace
- [Hugo Sousa](https://zurichjs.com/speakers/speaker-0fd7a9a0-cf44-4fab-83b2-d6cffb5c4749): Software Engineer