ZurichJS Meetup: All down to the types

A single broken type can ripple through your entire stack, turning a seamless deployment into a debugging nightmare. But when your types are watertight, the magic happens: code that documents itself, databases that talk to forms, and modularity without the risk.

This February, we’re stripping away the guesswork and looking at the architecture that keeps modern web apps unbreakable.

Whether you’re looking to harden your infrastructure or automate your validation logic, join us for an evening of deep-dive demos and technical insights that go way beyond the documentation.

Agenda

• 17:30 – Doors open
• 18:30 - 18:50 – Settling in & Intro
• 18:50 - 20:30 – Talks and pizza
• 20:30 – Networking

**Explore the detailed agenda and speaker info: https://zurichjs.com/events/feb-2026

About the organizers

• Bogdan Ilie is a user advocate. He's dipped his toes into Web Development, Technical Writing, Marketing, Design, and more. That makes him uniquely predisposed to identify improvement opportunities anywhere in the chain, or come up with unique solutions to problems. Nowadays, he's building websites and webapps at novu ag, using his beloved framework, Vue.
• Faris Aziz is a front-end master and Staff Software Engineer at Smallpdf, after his Engineering management job at Navro, a fintech company in the UK. Faris is a mentor, conference speaker, and workshop instructor, most recently at CityJS and other major conferences. He has contributed to open-source projects like Raycast and has mentored on platforms like Mentor Cruise. His projects include work on GCN, Eurosport, Discovery+, Fiit (a top UK fitness app), and he was the founding engineer of Navro in London. He also serves as a technical mentor at the Bletchley Institute.
• Nadja Hesselbjerg is a Zurich-based frontend developer with a flair for crafting sleek, user-friendly web experiences. With a passion for innovative UX/UI design, she transforms complex ideas into intuitive digital solutions. Her multicultural background adds a unique perspective to her work. When she's not coding, Nadja is likely exploring the latest design trends or enjoying the vibrant Swiss tech scene.

Who are the awesome sponsors and partners?

• Sentry is an open-source application monitoring and error-tracking platform that helps developers diagnose, fix, and optimize code performance in real-time. It provides actionable insights, such as stack traces and performance bottlenecks across web and mobile apps, supporting over 100 languages to help teams ship faster and improve software health
• Supabase is an open-source "Backend-as-a-Service" (BaaS) platform built on top of PostgreSQL. It acts as a developer-friendly, open-source alternative to Firebase, offering instant SQL database capabilities, authentication, real-time API subscriptions, file storage, and edge functions. It eliminates the need for manual backend infrastructure, enabling faster development
• **Remotion **allows you to create videos programatically, by just writing React. With the advent of AI coding tools, it's never been easier to get a marketing video up and running in no time.
• GYFF is a Swiss platform that facilitates connections between IT experts and businesses, where they vet both the companies and the freelancers, so the collaboration goes smoothly.

Get involved

• Have an interesting idea?
• Something missing from all meetups in this space?
• Do you have feedback?
• Wanna buy us a coffee?
• Got a venue idea? We love rotating locations to showcase Zurich’s tech ecosystem. Reach out, we’re always scouting fresh spots for our upcoming events.

There are multiple ways to get in touch:

• conf.zurichjs.com - get your conference ticket and find out more!
• zurichjs.com - the source of truth for all things zurichjs, including all social links to follow us and interact with us online

Our goal is to create a space where everyone can bring value and feel like they are getting something out of it.

We are open to sponsorships and partnerships, and we would appreciate you sharing the event and message us about opportunities.

We are also committed to fostering a respectful and psychologically safe space where anyone can share their ideas. If this is your first time speaking, or if you need help preparing for a talk, we are happy to offer guidance and support.