Eight engineers, designers, and platform builders from the Kyiv tech community share hands-on lessons on performance, React, accessibility, design systems, testing, TypeScript, motion, and the modern web platform.
Performance
Staff Engineer · Grammarly
“Shaving Milliseconds: A Real-World INP Playbook”
Olena leads performance initiatives across Grammarly's web editor, focusing on Core Web Vitals at scale.
Talk: Practical patterns for diagnosing INP regressions, scheduling work off the main thread, and building a performance budget your team will actually respect.
React
Senior Frontend Engineer · MacPaw
“React Server Components in Production: One Year In”
Dmytro builds React-based product experiences at MacPaw and writes about modern rendering patterns.
Talk: Lessons from migrating a high-traffic app to RSC—data flow, caching, error boundaries, and what we'd do differently.
A11y
Accessibility Lead · Preply
“Beyond ARIA: Designing for Real Assistive Tech”
Iryna has spent six years embedding accessibility into product squads at Preply and consults with EdTech teams across Europe.
Talk: A live walkthrough of NVDA, VoiceOver, and switch controls—and the patterns that survive contact with real users.
Design Systems
Principal Engineer · Ajax Systems
“Tokens, Themes & Tradeoffs at Scale”
Andrii architects the cross-platform design system powering Ajax's web and mobile dashboards used in 169 countries.
Talk: When to centralize, when to fork, and how token pipelines keep 40+ engineers shipping in the same direction.
Testing
Tech Lead · Reface
“Playwright, Vitest & the End of Flaky Tests”
Kateryna has built test infrastructure for Reface's consumer-scale apps and contributes to the Playwright ecosystem.
Talk: A pragmatic testing pyramid for modern SPAs—component, integration, and E2E—without the maintenance nightmare.
TypeScript
Staff Engineer · Readdle
“Type-Level Tricks That Pay Their Rent”
Maksym writes the kind of TypeScript that makes refactors feel safe—and helps Readdle ship across web, iOS, and macOS.
Talk: Branded types, template literal magic, and inference patterns that turn runtime bugs into compiler errors.
Animations
Creative Engineer · Independent
“Choreographing Interfaces with View Transitions”
Nadiya designs award-winning interactive experiences and teaches motion principles to product teams.
Talk: A deep dive into the View Transitions API, scroll-driven animations, and CSS choreography that respects reduced-motion.
Web Platform
Senior Engineer · Genesis
“The Web Platform Got Good: APIs You Missed”
Yaroslav builds high-performance web products at Genesis and tracks the bleeding edge of browser standards.
Talk: Popover, Anchor Positioning, Dialog, File System Access, and the platform features replacing your favorite npm packages.
Six hours of sharp talks, real conversations, and the kind of hallway chats that turn into your next side project, hire, or favorite library.
Deep dives from engineers shipping production frontend at scale across Kyiv and beyond.
Mingle with devs, leads, and recruiters over coffee and pizza — no awkward icebreakers required.
Patterns, repos, and tooling tips you can apply to your codebase first thing Monday morning.
React Server Components, edge rendering, AI-assisted DX, performance, and design systems.
Welcoming, inclusive, no-gatekeeping vibes — whether it's your first meetup or your fiftieth.
Backed by partners who care about the local dev scene — expect swag, demos, and open roles.
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We're hosting the meetup at a roomy creative loft in the heart of the city — easy to reach, fully accessible, and ready for an evening of code, conversation and good coffee.
Doors
18:30
Capacity
220 seats
Wi‑Fi
Free & fast
The venue is a 4‑minute walk from Palats Sportu metro (M3, blue line) and 8 minutes from Lva Tolstoho (M2). Trams 1 and 3 stop right at the corner. Bolt and Uklon ride‑hails average 5–8 minutes from the city center.
An underground paid lot is available beneath the building (≈80 UAH/hr) with EV chargers on level B1. Limited free street parking on Baseina St after 19:00. We recommend public transit or ride‑hails — traffic peaks between 18:00 and 19:30.
The venue is fully step‑free with a ramp at the main entrance, an elevator to the talk floor, and accessible restrooms. Reserved seating is available up front, and we provide live captions on the main screen. Email [email protected] for any specific accommodations.
Everything you need to know before joining Kyiv Frontend Night. Still curious? Drop us a line — we love a good edge case.
