Build, Secure, Ship: Full-Stack React and AI

React Office Hours
Starting @ 5pm we hold office hours. Come on by to get some help, ask questions, and meet other developers. Or just hang out!

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Securing React and Node.js: Inside BuildScanner.
BuildScanner is a developer-first security scanning framework for modern JavaScript applications that combines build-to-source mapping, static taint-aware analysis, and lightweight runtime validation to find high-impact vulnerabilities earlier in the development lifecycle. By using production source maps, BuildScanner maps issues discovered in minified front-end bundles back to original files and lines, improving remediation accuracy. Its static analysis performs AST-based taint tracking tailored for React and Node.js idioms to identify unsafe data flows (including SQL injection, unsafe eval, and dangerouslySetInnerHTML usage). The runtime validation engine executes ephemeral, containerized test runs with headless browser automation to validate CORS, CSP, security headers, and runtime-only behaviors. We discuss implementation choices, limitations (source-map dependence, runtime variability), mitigation strategies, and a roadmap toward broader vulnerability classes and LLM-assisted triage. BuildScanner is available open-source to encourage community-driven improvement and adoption.

Bio: Laxmi P. Srinivas Sarva is a Senior Software Engineer based in Austin, TX with 10+ years of full‑stack experience and 8+ years focused on modern JavaScript/TypeScript ecosystems (React, React Native, Node.js). He currently architects scalable frontend and mobile systems at Apex Fintech Solutions.

From React to Production: Building Full-Stack Apps with AI
Full-stack development extends from the React interface to database migrations, testing, deployment, and observability. Using FullStackReact.ai as an open-source example, this session follows a feature through a Next.js application backed by PostgreSQL and deployed on Railway. See how repository context, reusable skills, and clear engineering workflows help AI agents plan, build, test, and ship changes—and how to verify the result in production. Leave with practical patterns to apply to your own projects.
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Station Austin is sponsoring the venue!
Want to be a sponsor? Food, Drinks, Venue? Reach out!

Schedule
5.00 - 6.00 = React Office Hours
6.00 - 6.15 = Setting up, eating/drinking
6.15 - 8.00 = Presentations

Doors open 15 minutes before. The elevators will work only then. Come to the 16th floor.

Parking
There is partial parking validation. If you enter the garage attached to the Omni (entrance on Brazos Street) after 5pm and leave before 10pm, you will be given a parking slip that reduces your fee to $8 flat for the duration of your stay within that time frame.

• What to bring
Curiosity, Kindness, Willingness To Learn
• Important to know
Be Nice!