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Sylwia Laskowska

Software dev • 10+ yrs of code & caffeine ☕ • Sci-fi fan • Bug whisperer 🐞

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The Dirty Secret Behind AI Agents (Demo 🚀)

Built in 80 lines without heavy frameworks

The Dirty Secret Behind AI Agents (Demo 🚀)

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Is This How We'll Build Websites Soon? (webMCP Live Demo 🚀)

Chrome's experimental protocol for AI agents

Is This How We'll Build Websites Soon? (webMCP Live Demo 🚀)

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Most Apps Are Slower Than They Need to Be — Here’s Why (Live Demo🛸)

Practical WebGPU and WebAssembly performance

Most Apps Are Slower Than They Need to Be — Here’s Why (Live Demo🛸)

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Why WebGPU Feels Like the Future of the Web (Live Demo 🚀)

Why WebGPU Feels Like the Future of the Web (Live Demo 🚀)

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Will WebAssembly Kill JavaScript? Let’s Find Out (+ Live Demo) 🚀

Will WebAssembly Kill JavaScript? Let’s Find Out (+ Live Demo) 🚀

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10 Git Commands You’ll Wish You Knew Earlier

Targeted at devs past the basics

10 Git Commands You’ll Wish You Knew Earlier

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7 Productivity Tips That Sound Wrong (But Actually Work)

Personal burnout insights from a dev speaker

7 Productivity Tips That Sound Wrong (But Actually Work)

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The End of Undetectable AI Text? Claude’s New Watermark Explained

Separating AI provenance from detection myths

The End of Undetectable AI Text? Claude’s New Watermark Explained

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Stop Calling Everything Impostor Syndrome: The Myth of "Just Push Harder"

Applies an engineering mindset to personal growth

Stop Calling Everything Impostor Syndrome: The Myth of "Just Push Harder"

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It Was Just a Patch Update. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Summer Bug Smash: Smash Stories 🐛🛹

It Was Just a Patch Update. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

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8 Things Developers Confidently Explain After Watching One YouTube Video

Humorous look at LinkedIn gurus

8 Things Developers Confidently Explain After Watching One YouTube Video

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What's Next for AI?

Restricted access and global inequality

What's Next for AI?

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7 New JavaScript Features (And 2 I'm Still Waiting For)

Upcoming ECMAScript 2026 standard updates

7 New JavaScript Features (And 2 I'm Still Waiting For)

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Who Here Has Worked with Legacy? The Longer You Wait, the Worse It Gets

Safe framework migration tips from JSNation

Who Here Has Worked with Legacy? The Longer You Wait, the Worse It Gets

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The Code Works. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

AI as a tool rather than an authority

The Code Works. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

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How Are Developers Actually Using AI At Work?

Senior roles and legacy code migration

How Are Developers Actually Using AI At Work?

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Every Developer Is Lying About Something — And AI Won’t Fix It

The 'I'll figure it out' developer mindset

Every Developer Is Lying About Something — And AI Won’t Fix It

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4 Tiny Mistakes That Secretly Destroy App Performance

Real-world cases and energy-saving impacts

4 Tiny Mistakes That Secretly Destroy App Performance

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I Love Tailwind. Sorry Not Sorry

A CSS veteran’s take on speed vs purity

I Love Tailwind. Sorry Not Sorry

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Is Software Development Just a Side Quest? A Jira Story

Senior developer views on task overhead

Is Software Development Just a Side Quest? A Jira Story

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If AI Existed in 2011, Would We Still Have the Modern Web?

AI favoring stabilization over innovation

If AI Existed in 2011, Would We Still Have the Modern Web?

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You’re a Real Software Developer Only If…

Relatable developer tropes and coding mishaps

You’re a Real Software Developer Only If…

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9 Things You’re Overengineering (The Browser Already Solved Them)

Native voice input and idle task APIs

9 Things You’re Overengineering (The Browser Already Solved Them)

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How I Almost Burned Out Doing Everything “Right”

The irony of ignoring our own advice

How I Almost Burned Out Doing Everything “Right”

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The Email That Nearly Stopped Me From Becoming a Developer

WeCoded 2026: Echoes of Experience 💜

The Email That Nearly Stopped Me From Becoming a Developer

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Why Are We Still Doing GPU Work in JavaScript? (Live WebGPU Benchmark & Demo🚀)

Why Are We Still Doing GPU Work in JavaScript? (Live WebGPU Benchmark & Demo🚀)

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The Real Skill in Programming Is Debugging. Everything Else Is Copy-Paste

The Real Skill in Programming Is Debugging. Everything Else Is Copy-Paste

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16 Modern JavaScript Features That Might Blow Your Mind

16 Modern JavaScript Features That Might Blow Your Mind

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If You See These Red Flags in an IT Interview — Run (Real Stories)

If You See These Red Flags in an IT Interview — Run (Real Stories)

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How Seriously Should We Take State of JS and Other Developer Surveys?

How Seriously Should We Take State of JS and Other Developer Surveys?

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Stop Installing Libraries: 10 Browser APIs That Already Solve Your Problems

Stop Installing Libraries: 10 Browser APIs That Already Solve Your Problems

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Is Learning CSS a Waste of Time in 2026?

Is Learning CSS a Waste of Time in 2026?

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Why NaN !== NaN Makes Perfect Sense (I Promise)

Why NaN !== NaN Makes Perfect Sense (I Promise)

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Your GitHub Contribution Graph Means Absolutely Nothing - And Here’s Why

Your GitHub Contribution Graph Means Absolutely Nothing - And Here’s Why

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When React Starts Acting Like jQuery (and You Can Totally Tell 😅)

When React Starts Acting Like jQuery (and You Can Totally Tell 😅)

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Yes, true + true === 2. And No, JavaScript Isn’t Broken

Yes, true + true === 2. And No, JavaScript Isn’t Broken

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“Why Do You Code?” - A Surprisingly Hard Question

“Why Do You Code?” - A Surprisingly Hard Question

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7 Lies Developers Keep Telling Themselves (And Somehow Still Believe)

7 Lies Developers Keep Telling Themselves (And Somehow Still Believe)

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❄️A Five-Minute UI Feature That Became an XSS Time Bomb

❄️A Five-Minute UI Feature That Became an XSS Time Bomb

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Nobody Writes Clean Code. We All Just Pretend

Nobody Writes Clean Code. We All Just Pretend

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I Put an LLM in My Browser and Now It Writes My Commit Messages. The Results Were… Unexpected😭✨

I Put an LLM in My Browser and Now It Writes My Commit Messages. The Results Were… Unexpected😭✨

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If You Think YOUR Commit Messages Are Bad, Just Wait…

If You Think YOUR Commit Messages Are Bad, Just Wait…

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5 Myths About Legacy Code You Should Stop Believing

5 Myths About Legacy Code You Should Stop Believing

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The Biggest Lie in Tech? ‘We Don’t Have Time to Refactor’

The Biggest Lie in Tech? ‘We Don’t Have Time to Refactor’

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The Real Reason Developers Hate Meetings (It’s Not Time) 🧠💥

The Real Reason Developers Hate Meetings (It’s Not Time) 🧠💥

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jQuery Will Outlive Half of Today’s JavaScript Frameworks - Here's Why

jQuery Will Outlive Half of Today’s JavaScript Frameworks - Here's Why

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Beginner’s Guide #6: 🌀 The Event Loop Explained in 3 Minutes (You’ll Never Forget It)

Beginner’s Guide #6: 🌀 The Event Loop Explained in 3 Minutes (You’ll Never Forget It)

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🎃 10 Scary Lines of Code I Wish I Never Wrote 💀

🎃 10 Scary Lines of Code I Wish I Never Wrote 💀

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Auth Explained (Part 2): How your browser ‘remembers’ you? PKCE + refresh cookies explained like you're five

Auth Explained (Part 2): How your browser ‘remembers’ you? PKCE + refresh cookies explained like you're five

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🔥 10 Mistakes Senior Developers Still Make (Are You Making Them Too?)

🔥 10 Mistakes Senior Developers Still Make (Are You Making Them Too?)

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Beginner’s Guide #5: Mutable vs Immutable in JS — The Silent Bug Factory Nobody Warns You About 😳

Beginner’s Guide #5: Mutable vs Immutable in JS — The Silent Bug Factory Nobody Warns You About 😳

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Auth Explained (Part 1): ID vs Access vs Refresh tokens — 🤔what they ACTUALLY do (and why localStorage is a trap)

Auth Explained (Part 1): ID vs Access vs Refresh tokens — 🤔what they ACTUALLY do (and why localStorage is a trap)

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Signs you’ve been coding for too long (and maybe need a nap 😅)

Signs you’ve been coding for too long (and maybe need a nap 😅)

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Beginner’s Guide #4: How to Copy an Object in JS - Explained Like You’re Five 👶

Beginner’s Guide #4: How to Copy an Object in JS - Explained Like You’re Five 👶

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🧠 AI Buzzword Survival Guide — How to Sound Like an Expert (Even If You’re Just Curious)

🧠 AI Buzzword Survival Guide — How to Sound Like an Expert (Even If You’re Just Curious)

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🧭Beginner’s (and Not-So-Beginner’s) Guide #3 — const vs let (and a bit about var): What Developers Keep Getting Wrong

🧭Beginner’s (and Not-So-Beginner’s) Guide #3 — const vs let (and a bit about var): What Developers Keep Getting Wrong

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I Used to Leave 50 Comments in Every Code Review. Here’s Why I Stopped

I Used to Leave 50 Comments in Every Code Review. Here’s Why I Stopped

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Beginner’s Guide #2: When to Use forEach, map, for...of, and entries() — Explained Like You’re Five

Beginner’s Guide #2: When to Use forEach, map, for...of, and entries() — Explained Like You’re Five

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Beginner’s Guide #1: if (data) vs if (!!data) in JavaScript 🤔

Beginner’s Guide #1: if (data) vs if (!!data) in JavaScript 🤔

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Business value > Shiny tech

Business value > Shiny tech

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