Awesome Interactions: the OG AI
While Artificial Intelligence is making ground in your IDE, the User Interface and Interactions remains a space where a more human approach still holds fast.
On the back of last month's artificial AI, this month we're returning to human AI — Awesome Interactions.
Long time friend of SydJS, the always inspiring Alex Reardon returns with his latest insights into making the User Interface feel like more than 1s and 0s.
He's joined by Leo Caseiro who's been investigating Text To Speech and how the Web embraces audio as well as the video that keeps us scrolling.
Grab an RSVP. Spread the word. Join us next week 🤙🏽
Wednesday, 20 May 2026
06:00 PM — 08:00 PM
Atlassian Headquarters
Level 6, 341 George St · Sydney
Awesome Interactions: the OG AI
Wednesday, 20 May 2026
06:00 PM — 08:00 PM
Atlassian Headquarters
Level 6, 341 George St · Sydney
While Artificial Intelligence is making ground in your IDE, the User Interface and Interactions remains a space where a more human approach still holds fast.
On the back of last month's artificial AI, this month we're returning to human AI — Awesome Interactions.
Long time friend of SydJS, the always inspiring Alex Reardon returns with his latest insights into making the User Interface feel like more than 1s and 0s.
He's joined by Leo Caseiro who's been investigating Text To Speech and how the Web embraces audio as well as the video that keeps us scrolling.
Grab an RSVP. Spread the word. Join us next week 🤙🏽
Talks
Optimising Next.js data fetching
by Alex Reardon
Alex Reardon digs into Next.js internals — how data fetching and reconciliation work with React Server Components, and how to structure an app so you fetch and resolve data efficiently without redundant round-trips or tangled client/server data flows.
The Web Speech API: text-to-speech and speech-to-text
by Leo Caseiro
Leo Caseiro explores the browser's built-in speech APIs — how Text-to-Speech and Speech Recognition work on the web, and how he used them to build a "How to read" game for his kids.