Schedule DemoConf 2026

• Overview
• Wednesday - 2026-08-26
• Thursday - 2026-08-27
• Friday - 2026-08-28
• Thursday - 2026-09-24
• Speakers
• Sessions
• timeline
• book
• QR-Code

Themes:

• Frontend
• Security
• Community
• Backend
• DevOps

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Sessions by theme

Frontend

	Title	Theme	Speakers
	Accessibility is not optional Accessibility is not optional. Testing with real users. This abstract is demo...	Frontend	Josip Bozic Priya Raman
	Building a design system from zero Building a design system from zero. Without a design team. This abstract is...	Frontend	Marko Kovac
	Building your own component framework Building your own component framework. Lessons from the trenches. This...	Frontend	Mehmet Yilmaz
	Component libraries that survive Component libraries that survive. Versioning and deprecation. This abstract...	Frontend	Sofia Rossi
	CSS layout in 2026 CSS layout in 2026. Grid, subgrid and beyond. This abstract is demo content...	Frontend	Sara Vukovic
	Dark mode is an accessibility feature Dark mode is an accessibility feature. Contrast in both themes. This abstract...	Frontend	Amara Okafor
	Design tokens in a small team Design tokens in a small team. One source of truth. This abstract is demo...	Frontend	Ivana Novak
	Forms nobody hates Forms nobody hates. Validation, errors and focus. This abstract is demo...	Frontend	Luka Matic
	Offline-first web apps Offline-first web apps. Sync is the hard part. This abstract is demo content...	Frontend	Kenji Tanaka Ivana Novak
	Progressive enhancement is back Progressive enhancement is back. Less JavaScript, more product. This abstract...	Frontend	Priya Raman
	State management, do you even need it State management, do you even need it. A minimalist's guide. This abstract is...	Frontend	Filip Knezevic
	Ten JavaScript frameworks in 40 minutes Ten JavaScript frameworks in 40 minutes. A speedrun. This abstract is demo...	Frontend	Elena Sokolova Mehmet Yilmaz
	Web performance for content sites Web performance for content sites. Core Web Vitals in practice. This abstract...	Frontend	Lucija Maric Luka Matic

Security

	Title	Theme	Speakers
	Application security for non-security people Application security for non-security people. A starter kit. This abstract is...	Security	Sofia Rossi
	Building a bug bounty program Building a bug bounty program. What we learned in year one. This abstract is...	Security	Amara Okafor
	Dependency scanning that developers trust Dependency scanning that developers trust. Fewer false positives. This...	Security	Lucija Maric
	Hardening a small fleet Hardening a small fleet. Ten changes that matter. This abstract is demo...	Security	Clara Dubois
	Incident response tabletop exercises Incident response tabletop exercises. Practicing before the fire. This...	Security	Luka Matic Amara Okafor
	OAuth pitfalls OAuth pitfalls. Where implementations go wrong. This abstract is demo content...	Security	Kenji Tanaka
	Passkeys in production Passkeys in production. Killing the password. This abstract is demo content...	Security	Josip Bozic
	Privacy engineering basics Privacy engineering basics. GDPR for developers. This abstract is demo...	Security	Priya Raman Sofia Rossi
	Rotate your keys Rotate your keys. Three minutes of nagging. This abstract is demo content...	Security	Sara Vukovic
	Secrets management done right Secrets management done right. Stop committing .env. This abstract is demo...	Security	Diego Fernandez
	Security reviews for feature teams Security reviews for feature teams. A lightweight process. This abstract is...	Security	Marko Kovac Sara Vukovic
	Supply chain attacks explained Supply chain attacks explained. How dependencies bite. This abstract is demo...	Security	Maja Petrovic Diego Fernandez
	Threat modeling for small teams Threat modeling for small teams. Start on a whiteboard. This abstract is demo...	Security	Petar Babic

Community

	Title	Theme	Speakers
	Ask the organizers anything Ask the organizers anything. Open Q&A. This abstract is demo content...	Community	Ivana Novak
	Code of conduct enforcement Code of conduct enforcement. The unglamorous work. This abstract is demo...	Community	Amara Okafor Kenji Tanaka
	Documentation that people read Documentation that people read. Writing for tired humans. This abstract is...	Community	Filip Knezevic Elena Sokolova
	Growing a local user group Growing a local user group. From 5 to 300 people. This abstract is demo...	Community	Luka Matic
	Mentoring junior developers Mentoring junior developers. Structure beats good intentions. This abstract...	Community	Mehmet Yilmaz
	My first open source contribution My first open source contribution. A beginner story. This abstract is demo...	Community	Kenji Tanaka
	My gem has 12 downloads My gem has 12 downloads. And I am proud of it. This abstract is demo content...	Community	Jonas Lindqvist Robin Vermeer
	Onboarding new contributors Onboarding new contributors. The first pull request. This abstract is demo...	Community	Elena Sokolova
	Our first hackathon Our first hackathon. What we would change. This abstract is demo content...	Community	Robin Vermeer
	Running a code of conduct team Running a code of conduct team. Process, not vibes. This abstract is demo...	Community	Ana Horvat Tomislav Juric
	Running a conference on frab Running a conference on frab. Lessons from the orga desk. This abstract is...	Community	Lucija Maric
	Sponsorship without selling out Sponsorship without selling out. How we fund this. This abstract is demo...	Community	Tomislav Juric
	Volunteer coordination in practice Volunteer coordination in practice. Shifts, radios and coffee. This abstract...	Community	Nina Radic

Backend

	Title	Theme	Speakers
	Background jobs that never lose work Background jobs that never lose work. Idempotency in practice. This abstract...	Backend	Sara Vukovic Josip Bozic
	Building a plugin system Building a plugin system. Extension points done right. This abstract is demo...	Backend	Maja Petrovic
	Caching strategies that survive contact Caching strategies that survive contact. Invalidate this. This abstract is...	Backend	Clara Dubois
	Debugging production at 3am Debugging production at 3am. War stories. This abstract is demo content...	Backend	Robin Vermeer Petar Babic
	Event sourcing without the buzzwords Event sourcing without the buzzwords. A practical intro. This abstract is...	Backend	Petar Babic
	GraphQL at scale GraphQL at scale. Lessons from three years in production. This abstract is...	Backend	Josip Bozic
	Hexagonal architecture in practice Hexagonal architecture in practice. Ports, adapters, regrets. This abstract...	Backend	Nina Radic
	Postgres indexes you are not using Postgres indexes you are not using. A practical tour. This abstract is demo...	Backend	Tomislav Juric Nina Radic
	Rate limiting for humans Rate limiting for humans. Fair queues and honest errors. This abstract is...	Backend	Diego Fernandez Clara Dubois
	Scaling Rails to a million requests Scaling Rails to a million requests. What actually breaks first. This...	Backend	Ana Horvat
	The state of Ruby concurrency The state of Ruby concurrency. Fibers, Ractors and threads. This abstract is...	Backend	Priya Raman
	Typed Ruby in a legacy codebase Typed Ruby in a legacy codebase. Sorbet, one file at a time. This abstract is...	Backend	Marko Kovac
	Why we left microservices Why we left microservices. And what we built instead. This abstract is demo...	Backend	Jonas Lindqvist

DevOps

	Title	Theme	Speakers
	Backups you have actually restored Backups you have actually restored. A checklist. This abstract is demo...	DevOps	Jonas Lindqvist
	Continuous deployment for teams of one Continuous deployment for teams of one. Ship on Friday anyway. This abstract...	DevOps	Ana Horvat
	Cost control in the cloud Cost control in the cloud. Reading the bill. This abstract is demo content...	DevOps	Petar Babic Maja Petrovic
	GitOps in practice GitOps in practice. Deploying from a single source of truth. This abstract is...	DevOps	Clara Dubois Marko Kovac
	Incident response on a shoestring Incident response on a shoestring. Two people, one pager. This abstract is...	DevOps	Diego Fernandez
	Infrastructure as code reviews Infrastructure as code reviews. What to look for. This abstract is demo...	DevOps	Nina Radic Jonas Lindqvist
	Kubernetes without tears Kubernetes without tears. An honest retrospective. This abstract is demo...	DevOps	Ivana Novak Filip Knezevic
	Observability on a budget Observability on a budget. Logs, metrics, traces. This abstract is demo...	DevOps	Filip Knezevic
	On-call without burnout On-call without burnout. Rotations that work. This abstract is demo content...	DevOps	Robin Vermeer
	Self-hosting your metrics Self-hosting your metrics. Prometheus on one box. This abstract is demo...	DevOps	Maja Petrovic
	Terraform anti-patterns Terraform anti-patterns. Modules gone wrong. This abstract is demo content...	DevOps	Mehmet Yilmaz Ana Horvat
	The art of the postmortem The art of the postmortem. Blameless, but useful. This abstract is demo...	DevOps	Tomislav Juric
	Zero downtime migrations Zero downtime migrations. A hands-on workshop. This abstract is demo content...	DevOps	Elena Sokolova