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Explore modern JavaScript development strategies in this 25-minute conference talk that addresses decision paralysis in application building. Learn from Christoph Nakazawa, CEO of Nakazawa Tech, creator of Jest, and former React Native lead, as he demonstrates how to build end-to-end applications with speed, stability, and proven defaults. Discover what true scalability means in terms of build speed, deployment efficiency, and user performance. Master the principle of global order with local chaos to maintain system cleanliness while enabling rapid team development. Understand why leveraging open source defaults proves more effective than reinventing solutions from scratch. Examine a comprehensive modern app template that incorporates type safety, testing, styling, and internationalization capabilities out of the box. Investigate backend templates utilizing GraphQL and Prisma to establish type-safe data flows from database to client. Dive into Relay integration for implementing declarative data fetching and composable fragments that enhance local reasoning capabilities. See practical demonstrations spanning Expo applications, GraphQL servers, and package publishing, showcasing how quality defaults and open source tooling enable product focus over configuration decisions.
