ReactJS Barcelona x Perk Meetup

A special edition meetup with a very special guest! International speaker Daniel Afonso will talk about the Framework wars and what he learned from them! Don't miss out! 🚀
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18:30: Welcome

18:45 Intro by Host Neciu Dan

19:00 React-Driven Development: Career Lessons from the Framework Wars
Speaker: Daniel Afonso, Senior Developer Advocate at PagerDuty

"No one uses what I built!"

"Why can't I get support to do this?"

"I don't even know why we're using that?"

"Why am I always the one doing everything?"

Sound familiar? The truth is, friction is ever-present in our careers — in our influence, processes, relationships, and even the code we ship. But we're rarely taught how to handle it.

Here's the fun fact: React's history is full of lessons in dealing with friction. From the early skepticism around JSX and the Virtual DOM to the chaos of Server Components, the React team has navigated many friction points you'll face: skeptical stakeholders, unclear messaging, delayed initiatives, and the challenge of getting buy-in.

So let's recap the highlights since its birth to the latest release, understand what React got right (and wrong), and extract practical takeaways you can apply to your career, team, and developer experience initiatives. Whether you're leading a team, building internal tools, or advocating for a technical decision, you'll leave with concrete strategies for driving change, building trust, and shipping initiatives that actually get adopted.

20:00: Drinks and networking!
Do you want to talk at this meetup? Reach out to Dan Neciu on LinkedIn

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