[Talk::Overflow #9] - Must-Watch Talks from Frontend Nation 2025: Day 2
🗓️ July 7, 2025 | ✍️ Curated by ValPetal Tech Labs
Welcome to Talk::Overflow #9 — the newsletter for frontend devs who level up 1% every day by watching great talks, not just adding bookmarks.
Day 2 of Frontend Nation 2025 was 🔥.
We saw AI agents in action, semantic search built in minutes, and terminal-based copilots that rival Claude. If Day 1 was about rethinking the frontend stack, Day 2 was about building smarter interfaces with AI and better tools. I’ve curated 5 standout talks that bring value. Let’s dive in 👇
🎙️ 1. Modern Day Mashups: AI Agents are Reviving the Programmable Web – Angie Jones
Why watch: A beautiful look at how the spirit of 2000s mashups meets 2025 AI capabilities.
Key Takeaway: Using Model Context Protocol (MCP), Angie shows how LLMs can glue APIs together safely and intelligently — no more “chatbots guessing,” this is agents composing workflows.
🔍 2. Implement AI Semantic Search in a Nuxt Blog with Transformer.js – Alex Opalic
Why watch: Real demo of using open models to make site search actually useful.
Key Takeaway: Transformer.js + Nuxt lets you embed blog content and run semantic vector search using minimal code. This is “search by meaning,” running client-side or on edge functions.
📊 3. Build an Interactive Dashboard with React, AG Grid & AG Charts – James S. Bland
Why watch: A practical walk-through for building polished, data-heavy UI with zero fluff.
Key Takeaway: AG Grid + AG Charts = real-time dashboards that scale. Great for internal tools and telemetry.
🧠 4. How to Build a Terminal Agent like Claude Code or Codex – Garrison Snelling
Why watch: If you’re dreaming of an AI CLI dev companion, this is how.
Key Takeaway: Terminal agents powered by LLMs that run local commands, generate code, and even write tests.
💸 5. High Performance Data Visualisation with the M4 Algorithm by Jacob ParkerV/V?C
Why watch: In this lightning talk, Jacob Parker from AG Grid reveals how the M4 algorithm helps you achieve high-performance data visualization by selectively down-sampling and batching draw calls.
📚 All Other Day 2 Talks
Elevating Developer Experience with Vuetify MCP and Modern Tooling – John Leider
Code & Community: What it’s like to be a Developer (and) Advocate? – Jakub Andrzejewski
Creating Fluent Frontend Experiences in an Age of AI – Tejas Kumar
The State of Rust Web Frameworks: Pros, Cons, and Use Cases – Francesco Ciulla
The Cake Is a Lie… And So Is Your Login’s Accessibility – Ramona Schwering
Building Interactive Async UI with React 19 and Ariakit – Aurora Scharff
Modern JavaScript Tooling: Exploring Rolldown, Oxc, and Beyond – Alexander Lichter
What You Should Know Before Vibe Coding with React – Kawtar Choubari
React Compiler – Deep Dive into Performance – Mykyta Roilian
Your Own Build Tool Agnostic Web-Plugin? That’s as Easy as 1 2 3(D) – Thorsten Seyschab
Live Panel Discussion with AG Grid Team – Stephen Cooper, Jacob Parker
Pinia Colada: A Cocktail of Smooth Data Fetching for Better UX – Eduardo San Martin Morote
Live Panel Discussion with Sentry – Sigrid Huemer, Lazar Nikolov
Vue Crash Course: What Can You Build in 20 Minutes? – Michael Thiessen
Stop Doing E2E Tests! Write Better Tests with Contract Tests – Markus Oberlehner
Shiny, Pretty and Post-processed TresJS Effects for Jaw-Dropping Visuals! 🤯 – Alvaro Saburido
From Fragile to Future Proof: Solving Web Monetization Chaos with Payment Systems that Scale – Faris Aziz
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