CityJS Conference Delhi

One of the best tech conferences I have ever attended. CityJS Conference Delhi had international speakers, real value for money, and a perfect mix of depth and practical takeaways. The venue and organization were smooth. Networking was great.

Shoutout to the organizers: CityJS Conferences, Vonage, Auth0, ImageKit.io. And to the communities that made it happen: JSLovers, React Delhi, WeMakeDevs.

Went with Swastik Baranwal, Oshaib Beg, Vansh Kapoor, Jaskeerat Singh, and Affan Ahmad. Made new friends: Bala Bhadra Maharjan, Ashutosh Shrestha, Vinay Shrestha, Deepesh Gupta, Ayush Kumar Tiwari, Mohd Ahmad, Subhankar Maiti, Subhang Singh Gaharwar, Shrey Sinha, Sahaj Singh.

Speaker highlights

Sainath Ramanathan – Micro-frontends

The standout session of the conference. Sainath covered micro-frontend architecture end to end, shared practical scaling strategies, and mixed technical depth with humor. Real-world implementation insights that actually stick. The most informative and entertaining talk of the day.

Shruti Balasa – Scroll-driven animations in CSS

Shruti’s session was on the future of scroll-driven animations in CSS. Not the usual GSAP story. She showed what native CSS can do, the performance gains from the compositor thread, and demos you could take back to your own projects. If you care about modern CSS or Tailwind, follow her YouTube channel. She makes complex ideas clear without dumbing them down.

Tapas Adhikary – Scaling your front-end

Tapas spoke on scaling the front-end in a realistic way. He is the kind of speaker who turns big ideas into basics you can use. Deep technical wisdom, delivered with humor and a clear focus on strengthening fundamentals. Ten minutes with him felt like years of advice. Check out tapaScript on YouTube.

Harshil Agrawal – WebSockets and OpenNext

Harshil (Cloudflare) gave a clear, practical session on real-time communication and WebSockets. He walked through OpenNext and modern web architecture in a way that actually made sense. What stood out was how approachable he was. Felt like the helpful colleague next door, not a distant expert.

Li Hau Tan – Svelte 5 in 30 minutes

Li Hau built Svelte 5 live in under 30 minutes. He explained framework architecture in plain terms, coded at speed without losing clarity, and stayed humble through it. Got to chat with him afterward. Brilliant and approachable.

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Posts

• CityJS Delhi – main post
• Sainath Ramanathan – micro-frontends
• Shruti Balasa – scroll-driven animations
• Tapas Adhikary – scaling front-end
• Harshil Agrawal – WebSockets
• Li Hau Tan – Svelte 5