Remix Conf 2022 Recap
Intro
I traveled out to the inaugural Remix Conference in May. Here is a recap of the entire experience, along with links to resources from each of the presentations and anything else I could gather. Hope you find it useful.
Schedule
• Workshops — missed them, signed up too late
• Conference — recapped in this post
• Enjoying Utah — stayed a while and explored (I hiked Bryce and Zion afterward)
Keynote
Michael Jackson, Co-Founder and CEO of Remix — @MJACKSON
The keynote kicked off with a few sound issues, especially noticeable in the playback. Once things settled, Michael did a great job setting the tone for the day and building excitement for the future of Remix.
The 2023 conference was announced.
Conference video available online.
How to WebPageTest
Henri Helvetica, Software Engineer at Catchpoint Systems — @HENRIHELVETICA
A funny and high-energy deep dive into what WebPageTest offers and how to get the most out of it.
Conference video available.
Instantaneously Interactive: Remix as a Browser Framework
Shaundai Person, Senior Software Engineer at Netflix — @SHAUNDAI
A review of the rendering lifecycle, comparing server and client side rendering, and how Remix provides the benefits of both approaches.
Conference video available.
State Machine on the Edge
Erik Rasmussen, Software Engineer at centered — @erikras
A live demo using xState on the backend with Remix, including UI state machine editing with a visual editor that updated the code in real time.
Links
• Stately
• Demo repository
Conference video available.
Remixing Hydrogen
Anthony Frehner, Senior Software Engineer at Shopify — @FREHNER_A
A walkthrough of interacting with Shopify stores using Remix and Hydrogen. Highlights included GraphQL autocomplete and helpful IDE integrations.
Conference video available.
Deno and Remix
Ryan Dahl, CEO of Deno and creator of Node.js — @RY
A look at Ryan’s dream tech stack, a preview of Deno Deploy, and thoughts on the future of frameworks in a post-Unix world.
Conference video available.
Remix 3D Blast
Nick Small, JavaScript Developer — NICKJS.COM
A visual demo using Remix-Three, a library that allows integrating Three.js inside Remix.
Conference video available.
Web Vitals: The Importance of Measuring a Great Web Experience
Erick Tamayo, Senior Web Developer at Shopify — @ERICKTAMAYO
A detailed overview of Web Vitals, what affects them, and ideas for improving LCP, FID, and CLS.
Conference video available.
Making Slow Responses Seem Fast with Stale-While-Revalidate
Scott Smerchek, Software Engineer at UDisc — @SMERCHEK
A visual breakdown of how to use stale-while-revalidate at the CDN level and recommended defaults for various scenarios.
Demo app is available.
Conference video available.
Building Tech for Social Good with Low-Code Tools
Vic Vijavakumar, Staff Engineer at Eventbrite — @VICVIJAYAKUMAR
A story about navigating school enrollment for his kids, encountering lots of paperwork, and then using low-code and no-code tools to improve the process.
Conference video available.
Expanding Remix with Rust
Ben Wishovich, Full Stack Web Developer — @IAMBENWIS
A look at integrating Rust directly into Remix, including benchmarks that highlight performance benefits.
Conference video available.
Full Stack Fast: Data on the Edge
Greg Brimble, Systems Engineer at Cloudflare — @GREGBRIMBLE
A journey from SSR to Jamstack to edge-powered data, capped with a teaser for the Cloudflare Disco Stack.
Conference video available.
Remix Your UI and UX to Another Level
Arisa Fukuzaki, DevRel Engineer at Storyblok — @ARISA_DEV
A thoughtful analogy about the importance of UI and UX, followed by a look at building experiences with Storyblok and Remix.
Conference video available.
Magically Create Forms and Actions with Remix Forms
Daniel Weinmann, Founder and CEO of Seasoned — @DANIELWEINMANN
A walkthrough of the top ten things needed to build a form from scratch in Remix, contrasted with using the remix-forms library.
Conference video available.
Incremental Remix
Jon Jensen, Senior Software Engineer at Netflix — @JENSENG
Ideas and patterns for migrating an existing app to Remix, including routing strategies, iFrames, and deciding which app controls the overall experience.
Conference video available.
Outstanding Search Experience with Remix and Algolia
Sarah Dayan, Staff Software Engineer at Algolia — @FRONTSTUFF_IO
A deep dive into building great search experiences, focusing on immediate feedback and relevant results. Includes an example Remix Stack + Algolia search app.
Conference video available.
Switching to Remix at Neighbor
Dennis Beaty, Senior Software Engineer at Neighbor — @DNSBTY
A story of moving from Create React App and custom pre-rendering to server-rendering with Remix, and the selection process behind the shift.
Conference video available.
See you at Remix 2023
Tickets acquired for next year.
Join me at: https://remix.run/conf/2023
