Building a grid-aware web.
Fershad Irani Developer Green Web Foundation
What if websites could adapt their behaviour based on the electricity powering them? This talk explores the vision of a grid-aware web that responds dynamically to the availability of clean power sources. We'll examine the role that developers, designers, and decision makers can play in pioneering a web that operates with a sustainable focus.
Local First: Collaboration Beyond Cloud
Kritiketan Sharma Senior Software Engineer Shine Solutions
For years, we’ve defaulted to centralised servers and, more recently, leaned heavily on server-side components to power our web apps. But this dependence has a cost: apps that break without constant internet connectivity, sluggish performance under heavy load, and user frustration when things don’t just work. This talk challenges the cloud-first status quo and invites developers to explore the power of local-first. Imagine building multiplayer, collaborative experiences that thrive offline, sync smoothly when online, and harness the value of localised state. We’ll also tackle the complexities of conflict resolution when shifting from a centralised authority to a sync server as a lightweight mediator. It’s time to rethink collaboration