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CascadiaJS @cascadiajs.com · 21/07/2026

Karaoke still runs on technology from the '80s. 🛼 What if we rebuilt it with Web Audio, AI, open-source models, and modern web APIs? Watch @monteslu.com give one of the most delightfully nerdy talks from CascadiaJS 2026. youtu.be/wk2Fj2H5eoI

CascadiaJS. Luis Montes. Hold Me Closer, Tony Danza. Photo of Luis Montes on stage at CascadiaJS 2026.

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CascadiaJS @cascadiajs.com · 20/07/2026

AI agents are getting real powers. Maybe they shouldn't have permanent credentials. @focusotter.bsky.social shows how human-in-the-loop authorization, scoped OAuth tokens, and short-lived permissions let agents act on your behalf, without giving away the keys to the 🏰. youtu.be/zRs08o4EP74

CascadiaJS. Michael Liendo. Trust, But Verify. Human in the Loop AI. Photo of Michael Liendo on stage at CascadiaJS 2026.

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CascadiaJS @cascadiajs.com · 17/07/2026

📦 What if bundling isn't the performance optimization it used to be? @moonmeister.net makes the case that HTTP/3 has changed the rules, and it's time to rethink decades of web performance advice around bundling, caching, and network requests. youtu.be/F7J-yaGQqJI

CascadiaJS. Alex Moon. The Request Tax: Rethinging Web Performance. Photo of Alex Moon on stage at CascadiaJS 2026.

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CascadiaJS @cascadiajs.com · 16/07/2026

What if you could leave a social platform without leaving your community? @brittanyellich.com explains how the AT Protocol lets you own your identity, your data, and your social graph, opening the door to a more open, portable, and developer-friendly web. 🌐 youtu.be/_ZrChpf8FZ8

CascadiaJS. Brittany Ellich. Building Apps With ATProto. Photo of Brittany Ellich on stage at CascadiaJS 2026.

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CascadiaJS @cascadiajs.com · 15/07/2026

AI doesn't just hallucinate facts, it can hallucinate relationships. 🍄 Watch as @thenyahmacklin.bsky.social shows us how knowledge graphs and context graphs help AI agents reason more accurately, explain their decisions, and become systems you can actually trust. youtu.be/X_1EAwv_-Ow

CascadiaJS. Nyah Macklin. Unlocking AI's Hidden Connections With Graphs. Photo of Nyah Macklin on stage at CascadiaJS 2026.

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CascadiaJS @cascadiajs.com · 14/07/2026

AI can build your UI, but can it keep your brand consistent? 🎯 Watch as @kaelig.fr explains how design tokens give AI agents a shared source of truth, helping teams build interfaces that stay consistent across apps, platforms, and themes. youtu.be/CYy0PrnJISI

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CascadiaJS @cascadiajs.com · 13/07/2026

What happens when you fine-tune an AI on Beowulf, a 17th-century cookbook, and the history of Crisco? 📜 This talk from @mollyjeanbennett.bsky.social is a delightfully weird and thoughtful look at why making AI worse can actually make it more interesting. youtu.be/tBE8hQjj3KM

CascadiaJS. Molly Jean Bennett. Economically Useless Chatbots. Photo of Molly Jean Bennett on stage at CascadiaJS 2026.

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CascadiaJS @cascadiajs.com · 10/07/2026

If AI only learns from yesterday's ideas, who creates tomorrow's? Marty Nelson makes the case for building software that breaks new ground, and shares how to help AI work with innovation instead of reinforcing the status quo. youtu.be/_pUpE2WM2zw

CascadiaJS. Marty Nelson. Teaching LLMs New Tricks. Photo of Marty Nelson on stage at CascadiaJS 2026.

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CascadiaJS @cascadiajs.com · 09/07/2026

A live-coded morning rave is a memorable way to start a conference talk. 🪩 Watch as Alex Hinson shows how to build fast, private, task-specific AI tools with small local models, and why the right architecture matters more than simply calling the biggest LLM you can find. youtu.be/V_h_tMGgf6w

CascadiaJS. Alex Hinson. Accelerating Musical Live Coding With On-Device AI. Photo of Alex Hinson on stage at CascadiaJS 2026.

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CascadiaJS @cascadiajs.com · 08/07/2026

Will AI make programming languages irrelevant? 😲 Watch as Filip Sodić argues the opposite: as AI writes more code, strong type systems become even more valuable. youtu.be/WxhlRSfyxjY

CascadiaJS. Filip Sodic. TypeScript Matters More Than Ever. Photo of Filip Sodic on stage at CascadiaJS 2026.

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CascadiaJS @cascadiajs.com · 07/07/2026

Everyone wants to build AI tools. The hard part is proving they actually help. Watch as Jeff Otaño shares how OneBrief stopped chasing flashy demos, started measuring real outcomes, and used feedback loops to improve AI agents that fix production bugs. 🪲 youtu.be/LCKraOtFV-Q

CascadiaJS. Jeff Otano. Building an AI Platform Engineers Actually Trust. Photo of Jeff Otano on stage at CascadiaJS 2026.

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CascadiaJS @cascadiajs.com · 06/07/2026

AI may be changing software development, but it isn't replacing the need for junior developers. 🧑‍💻 Listen to Dylan Goings and learn why mentorship, diversity, and long-term knowledge transfer are more valuable than ever. youtu.be/S5XLYOsJ1u8

CascadiaJS. Dylan Goings. How to Build a Junior Dev Team. Photo of Dylan Goings on stage at CascadiaJS 2026.

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CascadiaJS @cascadiajs.com · 03/07/2026

🧩 Design systems can't solve every UI problem. Watch as @jonathankeslin.com shares practical lessons for building shared components that scale across teams, with layered extensibility, sensible defaults, and escape hatches that keep both devs and products moving forward. youtu.be/haOndDHMGJQ

CascadiaJS. Jonathan Keslin. Shared Components Beyond the Design System. Photo of Jonathan Keslin on stage at CascadiaJS 2026.

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CascadiaJS @cascadiajs.com · 02/07/2026

What happens when your "simple" API grows into an unmaintainable mess? 😅 This talk by @darius.cool explores the tradeoffs between configuration and composition, and why the right abstractions matter more than ever in the age of AI. youtu.be/dExasNlhVKM

CascadiaJS. Darius Cepulis. The Abstraction That Broke at Scale. Photo of Darius Cepulis on stage at CascadiaJS 2026.

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CascadiaJS @cascadiajs.com · 01/07/2026

What if AI agents use specs, not just prompts, to build software? Watch @ide.bsky.social, co-founder of @expo.dev, explain linked literate programming, a simple approach that keeps code, specifications, and intent in sync so AI can build more accurate, maintainable software. youtu.be/a8xYFd1ZLNQ

CascadiaJS. James Browswer APIs Beyond the Browser. Photo of James Ide on stage at CascadiaJS 2026.

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CascadiaJS @cascadiajs.com · 30/06/2026

The best use of AI isn't writing code, it's helping you learn. 💡 Watch @daniel-mendoza.bsky.social's practical guide to mastering new frameworks by turning your AI assistant into a tutor instead of a code generator. youtu.be/foOOku3P9uQ

CascadiaJS. Daniel Mendoza. Learning Vue as a React Developer With AI. Photo of Daniel Mendoza on stage at CascadiaJS 2026.

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CascadiaJS @cascadiajs.com · 29/06/2026

Ever click a button and wonder why your app freezes? 🤔 @cyatteau.bsky.social shows how web workers keep JavaScript apps responsive by moving CPU-intensive work off the main thread, with practical patterns for progress updates, cancellation, and debouncing. 📺️ Watch here! youtu.be/rh4RzLLPSis

CascadiaJS. Courtney Yatteau. Keep the Main Thread Free With Web Workers. Photo of Courtney Yatteau on stage at CascadiaJS 2026.

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CascadiaJS @cascadiajs.com · 29/06/2026

Binge-watching this year's talk videos and getting serious FOMO? Don't miss out, join us in 2027! luma.com/cascadiajs-2...

Attendees laughing in the audience at CascadiaJS 2026.

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CascadiaJS @cascadiajs.com · 26/06/2026

CSS colors got a lot more powerful while most of us weren't looking. 🎨 In this talk @jdsteinbach.com demonstrates how features like light-dark(), relative colors, and contrast-color() can simplify theming, reduce design tokens, and make accessibility easier using browser capabilities.

CascadiaJS. James Steinback. Practical Refactors With Modern CSS Colors. Photo of James Steinback on stage at CascadiaJS 2026.

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CascadiaJS @cascadiajs.com · 25/06/2026

What if the future of software development isn't one AI agent, but hundreds? 🤖 In this talk @joelhooks.com explores agent swarms, harness engineering, AI-powered workflows, and why the real challenge isn't building smarter agents, it's designing systems that make the best use of human attention.

CascadiaJS. Joel Hooks. AI Swarms Are Amazing. Photo of Joel Hooks on stage at CascadiaJS 2026.

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CascadiaJS @cascadiajs.com · 24/06/2026

AI coding agents are a lot like eager interns: they'll build exactly what you ask for... even when it's not what you meant 😅 In his CascadiaJS 2026 keynote, @erikch.bsky.social of AWS explains how spec-driven development helps teams get better results from AI coding tools. youtu.be/CGCLMky4OO8

CascadiaJS. Erik Hanchett. Spec-Driven Development for Production. Photo of Erik Hanchett on stage at CascadiaJS 2026.

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CascadiaJS @cascadiajs.com · 23/06/2026

JavaScript won the web. But more and more, when you peel back the covers, you see Rust 🦀 @francescociulla.bsky.social opened Day Two of CascadiaJS 2026 exploring why companies like Cloudflare and others are using Rust for performance-critical infrastructure, and where it fits alongside JavaScript.

CascadiaJS. Francesco Ciulla. Javascript won the web, Rust took the critical path. Photo of Francesco Ciulla on stage at CascadiaJS 2026.

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CascadiaJS @cascadiajs.com · 22/06/2026

Joe Duffy, Founder and CEO of @pulumi.com, closed out Day 1 of CascadiaJS 2026 with a look at what happens when AI agents move beyond writing code and start handling the messy world of infrastructure, deployment, and operations. youtu.be/SOMEfFNPsew

CascadiaJS. Joe Duffy. The Last Mile is Code. Photo of Joe Duffy on stage at CascadiaJS 2026.

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CascadiaJS @cascadiajs.com · 19/06/2026

We were so excited to have @biilmann.blog, the founder and CEO of @netlify.com, kick off CascadiaJS 2026 with a keynote on the arrival of AX. AI agents are becoming users of our products, and Matt shares why the next frontier isn't just UX or DX, but AX. youtu.be/EXeCOsIu0Ps

CascadiaJS. Matt Biilmann. The Rise of Agent Experience. Photo of Matt Biilmann onstage at CascadiaJS 2026.

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CascadiaJS @cascadiajs.com · 17/06/2026

Talks from CascadiaJS 2026 are going up, and we're going to kick things off with the epic closing keynote from @t3.gg where he dropped lakebed.dev and talked about how it's time for developers to rethink... everything! youtu.be/TV6f2weVgCI

CascadiaJS. Theo Browne. It's time to rethink everything. Image of Theo on stage at CascadiaJS 2026.

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CascadiaJS @cascadiajs.com · 03/06/2026

CascadiaJS 2026 is a wrap! Thank you to our speakers, sponsors, staff, attendees and everyone who supported us along the way to make this event happen. We put 💯 Blind Bird tickets for CascadiaJS 2027 on sale, grab one before they sell out and lock-in your spot! 🌲 luma.com/cascadiajs-2...

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CascadiaJS @cascadiajs.com · 03/06/2026

Thanks to CopilotKit for being a Gold Sponsor at CascadiaJS 2026 this year ❤️ CopilotKit is the agentic frontend stack & the company behind the AG-UI protocol. It's the easiest way for bring AI functionality (like Generative UI) to full stack apps. Learn more at: cascadiajs.com/2026/sponsor...

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CascadiaJS @cascadiajs.com · 02/06/2026

Thanks to expo.dev for being a Gold Sponsor at CascadiaJS 2026 this year ❤️ Thanks to James Ide for that epic lightning ⚡️ talk on implementing the web on native with linked literate programming! Stop by their booth and learn how to build native apps with JS! cascadiajs.com/2026/sponsor...

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CascadiaJS @cascadiajs.com · 02/06/2026

Thanks to Render for being a Gold Sponsor at CascadiaJS 2026 this year ❤️ Stop by their booth and learn how to scale any app or agent from your first user to your billionth 🚀 If you want to get hands-on, check-out their workshop Tuesday morning at 10:45am! cascadiajs.com/2026/worksho...

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CascadiaJS @cascadiajs.com · 01/06/2026

Thanks to Onebrief for being a Gold Sponsor at CascadiaJS 2026 ❤️ Make sure to join them, and several other companies, at our Networking Mixer and Job Fair on Monday evening! Learn more at: cascadiajs.com/2026/sponsor...

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CascadiaJS @cascadiajs.com · 31/05/2026

Thanks to Vapi for sponsoring yesterday's CascadiaJS AI Hackathon Afterparty! 🎉 Join us TODAY for our Welcome Reception at 5:30pm. It's open to the public, we'll have last minute tickets to CascadiaJS 2026 on sale and will be raffling some FREE tickets! luma.com/cascadiajs-2...

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CascadiaJS @cascadiajs.com · 30/05/2026

Thanks to our friends at Vapi for being a Gold Sponsor for CascadiaJS 2026! ❤️ Vapi is a Voice AI platform that gives devs control over orchestrating and managing voice applications and models. Vapi is hosting a post-hackathon happy hour TODAY in South Lake Union, come join us! luma.com/4pcvwl2d

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CascadiaJS @cascadiajs.com · 27/05/2026

Thanks to our friends at @apify.com for being a Gold Sponsor for CascadiaJS 2026! ❤️ Apify is a marketplace of 29k ready-made tools for pulling web data, tracking competitors & monitoring social. For anyone wiring up agents that need live data, check it out! cascadiajs.com/2026/sponsor...

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CascadiaJS @cascadiajs.com · 26/05/2026

CascadiaJS 2026 is less than a week away! 🤯 Hear from @biilmann.blog, Theo, Joe Duffy, @thenyahmacklin.bsky.social, @francescociulla.bsky.social, @brittanyellich.com, @erikch.bsky.social, our co-emcees @nerdy.dev and @robbiethewagner.dev, & more! Use the code STACKED at checkout and save $50 🎟️

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CascadiaJS @cascadiajs.com · 26/05/2026

Thank you to our friends at Arcjet for being a Gold Sponsor for CascadiaJS 2026! If you're shipping AI features fast, you've probably noticed security reviews can't keep up. If you're putting AI in production, check them out! cascadiajs.com/2026/sponsor...

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CascadiaJS @cascadiajs.com · 25/05/2026

Don't miss out on the official Closing Party for CascadiaJS 2026 🎉 Thanks to our friends at Pulumi, we have BOUGHT OUT Rockbox in Capital Hill from 8pm - 11pm! All conference attendees and Premium ticket holders get to skip the line! Learn more and grab your ticket at: cascadiajs.com/2026

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CascadiaJS @cascadiajs.com · 23/05/2026

We can't wait to see everyone for the CascadiaJS 2026 Welcome Reception, being powered by our friends at Warp 🎉 The Welcome Reception is open to EVERYONE, and we'll be raffling off a free ticket, so it's not too late to join us for the show 😎 RSVP at: luma.com/cascadiajs-2...

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CascadiaJS @cascadiajs.com · 22/05/2026

Get ready to build at CascadiaJS. 🧑‍💻 This year we have 2-hour, hands-on workshops that are free for attendees. Learn to build and deploy: 🗣️ Enterprise-grade voice agents 🛠️ Practical AI agents using modern web + AI tooling 🔀 A multi-service app that handles concurrent AI workloads, and...

CascadiaJS Web + AI Conf. Free workshops. Level up, grow your network, have fun in the PNW. June 1-2, 2026. Seattle, WA

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CascadiaJS @cascadiajs.com · 22/05/2026

Go from tool calls to fully autonomous AI agents in a single, hands-on day. In this post-conf training from @eveporcello.com and Moon Highway you’ll build real systems that can reason, plan, and act—learning agent loops, multi-step workflows, and production-ready patterns you can actually ship.

CascadiaJS Web + AI Conf. Building AI agents. Post-cof training - June 5. June 1-2, 2026. Seattle, WA

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CascadiaJS @cascadiajs.com · 21/05/2026

Find your dev community at CascadiaJS 🍄 500+ developers, hallway chats, and the kind of connections that actually stick. Grab your ticket and get ready for your network to grow 😊 cascadiajs.com/2026

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CascadiaJS @cascadiajs.com · 20/05/2026

This speaker lineup is 🔥 Hear from @biilmann.blog, Theo, Joe Duffy, @thenyahmacklin.bsky.social, @francescociulla.bsky.social, @brittanyellich.com, @erikch.bsky.social, our co-emcees @nerdy.dev and @robbiethewagner.dev, and many more! Use the discount code STACKED at checkout and save $50 🎟️

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CascadiaJS @cascadiajs.com · 19/05/2026

Thinking about attending CascadiaJS solo? Go for it! We created Cascadia Connect as a low-pressure way to meet other cool humans at the conference. A few things we have planned are: 🦩 Birds of a feather tables 🚶🏽‍♀️Walkie Talkies 💬 "Ask me about" conversation starters ☕️ Pair Programming IRL, and...

CascadiaJS Web + AI Conf. Grow Your Network. Level up, Grow your network, Have fun in the PNW. June 1 - 2, 2026. Seattle, WA.

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CascadiaJS @cascadiajs.com · 15/05/2026

Bring your kids to CascadiaJS! Want to attend, but need someone to watch the kiddos? We're offering: ✔️ Coverage from 8:45am–5:30pm (with a break for lunch) ✔️ Professional providers ✔️ Subsidized pricing We need at least 5 children enrolled by Monday to run childcare, so reserve your spot soon!

CascadiaJS Web + AI Conf. On-site childcare. Level up, grow your network, have fun in the PNW. June 1-2, 2026. Seattle, WA

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CascadiaJS @cascadiajs.com · 15/05/2026

Want to work smarter, not harder? This hands-on training from @eveporcello.com and Moon Highway will help you become fluent in new tools and explore everything from basic AI integration to building sophisticated AI agents that can help with development tasks.

CascadiaJS Web + AI Conf. Coding with Claude. Post-cof training - June 3. June 1-2, 2026. Seattle, WA

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CascadiaJS @cascadiajs.com · 14/05/2026

Get ready to build at CascadiaJS. 🧑‍💻 This year we have 4 hands-on workshops that are free for attendees. Learn to build and deploy: 🗣️ Enterprise-grade voice agents 🛠️ Practical AI agents using modern web + AI tooling 🔀 A multi-service app that handles concurrent AI workloads, and...

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CascadiaJS @cascadiajs.com · 12/05/2026

Since 2012, CascadiaJS has been bringing together developers in the PNW and beyond to share, explore and connect. Choose your local Web + AI conference. Join us at CascadiaJS 2026! June 1-2, Seattle cascadiajs.com/2026 🎟️

CascadiaJS Web + AI Conference. Choose local. Support an independent, community-drive conference built by developers in the PNW. June 1 - 2, 2026. Seattle, WA. Photo of 2 people doing karaoke at CascadiaJS 2025.

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CascadiaJS @cascadiajs.com · 11/05/2026

Come hang with us at CascadiaJS 2026 where you'll: 🗣️ Hear from builders shaping the modern web 🤝 Connect with top web + AI companies 🍄 Find your dev community 🌲 Join 500+ devs in Seattle cascadiajs.com/2026/schedule

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CascadiaJS @cascadiajs.com · 11/05/2026

We're so excited to announce that we're hosting a Networking Mixer and Job Fair after the first day of talks! 🤩 Network with fellow attendees and talk to companies that are hiring, including: Grow Therapy, Onebrief, RentSpree, Render, Expo, CopilotKit, Warp and more.

CascadiaJS Web + AI Conf. Networking Mixer and Job Fair. Level up, grow your network, have fun in the PNW. June 1-2, 2026. Seattle, WA

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CascadiaJS @cascadiajs.com · 08/05/2026

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CascadiaJS @cascadiajs.com · 07/05/2026

Get ready to build at CascadiaJS. 🧑‍💻 We have 4 workshops that are free for attendees. Build and deploy: 🗣️ Enterprise-grade voice agents 🛠️ Practical AI agents using modern web + AI tooling 🔀 A multi-service app that handles concurrent AI workloads, and...⬇️

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