Fronteers NL

Join us for the Frontend Fiesta at Capgemini! This Fiesta will have good food, drinks, lovely people, but most importantly: two rounds of fun, energetic and 6 interesting lightning talks!

Evening Program

• 17h30 - Doors open & start of networking + food
• 18h30 - Introduction by Fronteers NL & Capgemini
• 18h40 - Round 1 Lightning Talks
  Sanne Peters, Nisha Patil, Daan Bouws
• 19h25 - ----- Break -----
• 19h45 - Round 2 Lightning Talks
  Rowdy Rabouw, Mohamad Shiralizadeh, Rik van der Sar
• 20h30 - Drinks and networking
• 21h00 - End

Lightning Talk #1 - Tailwind ain't so bad… - Sanne Peters
There only 3 people in the world, people who like Tailwind, people who don't care and people wake up in the morning, drink their beverage of preference go into the fronteers chat and proclaim their hatred for Tailwind.

I am gonna try and convince the two last groups that tailwind ain't so bad.

About Sanne Peters
I studied bio-engineering and bio-informatics, but soon after rolled into front-end development, information design and design systems. And have been doing that since 2008.
My love for science, math and complexity has always been strong and has been a common thread through all I do. Think data-visualizations, dashboard design and working on other weird generative concepts.

On the not-so techie side of things I grow trees, make bonsai and paint a lot.

And sometimes I get worked up about stuff and write articles about it.

Lightning Talk #2 - Why your UI works with a mouse but fails with a Keyboard - Nisha Patil
We design UIs for a “default user”—just like products labeled “right-hand only.” That’s why apps work with a mouse but break with a keyboard. Try using Tab, Enter, and Escape alone—you’ll see what we silently exclude. Design for real users, not assumptions. The problem isn’t users, it’s mouse-first design. Keyboard accessibility improves usability for everyone. Start by testing your UI without a mouse and fix what breaks first.

About Nisha Patil
I’m a Test Automation Engineer working in the testing practice, with a focus on accessibility. Alongside my core role, I act as a thought leader for accessibility in my testing practice—running workshops/presentations and driving awareness to help teams build more inclusive and usable digital products.

Lightning Talk #3 - Form guy - Daan Bouws
Forms no longer have to be boring to be WCAG-compliant. Front-end development and game development come together in the new HTML-in-Canvas feature in Chrome Canary, which allows you to render a little character inside your form that follows your focus as you navigate through the fields.

About Daan Bouws
I'm a full-stack developer at Capgemini with a background in robotics and e-commerce. Currently, I work in the public sector. I'm a big advocate of test-driven development and continuous delivery.

Lightning Talk #4 - Mamma Mia, It’s Instant! Mastering the Speculation Rules API - Rowdy Rabouw
What if your site could finish loading the next page before the user even decides to click? In this high-speed session, we tackle the "Bowser" of the web: navigation latency. We’re focusing on the Speculation Rules API, which allows for near-instant page loads through strategic prefetching and full-background prerendering.

In 10 minutes, you’ll master the "cheat codes" for anticipating user intent and learn exactly when to prefetch versus prerender for near-instant transitions.

About Rowdy Rabouw
Rowdy Rabouw is a Google Developer Expert in Web Technologies with 30 years of experience in HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Currently, he works as a Front-End-Focused Senior DevOps Engineer on Vue, Node, and NestJS projects, with a focus on usability and accessibility. Rowdy loves his electronic drum kit and dabbles in creating music on his laptop.

Lightning Talk #5 -Real-Time Image Processing in the Browser - Mohamad Shiralizadeh
Build fast, private, and interactive image processing apps, right in the browser. Using TensorFlow.js and modern Web APIs, you can run AI models client-side with zero server round-trips.

In this lightning talk, you’ll see how to plug pre-trained or custom models into your web apps and get real-time results instantly.

About Mohamad Shiralizadeh
I'm a passionate developer focused on engineering technologies aligned with the latest trends. My journey in web development has been driven by my experiences over the years, and I love sharing my excitement with others. Currently, I'm thrilled to be working at ING.

Outside of my professional life, I'm dedicated to my family, ensuring their happiness is a top priority. I also find joy in speaking at conferences, contributing to open-source projects, helping people in communities, recording video podcasts, and playing video games.

Lightning Talk #6 - Deploying professional full stack AI powered webapps with the V0, Nextjs, React and Vercel tech stack - Rik van der Sar
This topic focuses on building and deploying modern, production‑ready web applications using a powerful and efficient full stack. V0 accelerates UI creation, while React and Next.js provide a robust foundation for high‑performance applications. Vercel enables fast, scalable deployments with minimal operational overhead, making it easy to take applications from concept to global production using a streamlined, professional workflow.

About Rik van der Sar
Frontend developer with about 4 years of experience. Focussed on React, Nextjs and Vercel tech stack.