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The Anatomy of a Distributed JavaScript Runtime

Peter van Vliet

from Masking Technology (The Netherlands)

About speaker

Co-Founder and Lead Architect @ Masking Technology

Peter started his career as a full-stack software developer in 2002 and has since progressed to a lead architect role.

About speakers company

At Masking Technology, we help companies make their software development more cost-efficient by addressing the biggest challenge in the industry: continuous change. Our focus is on future-proofing the development lifecycle and technology to ensure lasting success. We have an open mindset and actively share our knowledge by writing articles, speaking at conferences, and publishing open-source tools and libraries.

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This tak explores how to build monolithic applications that deploy as distributed systems across servers and browsers. We’ll dive into the architecture, design, and technical challenges of an open-source runtime for full-stack JavaScript and TypeScript, using a comic-based social media platform as a real-world example.


Imagine a world where you develop an application as a monolith but deploy it distributed across multiple servers and even in the browser. If you want to learn how this looks and works, this talk is for you!

We’ll dissect the design of an open-source distributed runtime for full-stack JavaScript and TypeScript applications. We’ll cover the runtime's core goals, overall architecture, key building blocks, and the technical challenges faced. Additionally, we will showcase a comic-based social media platform, demonstrating use cases, deployment strategies, and the developer experience.

By the end of this talk, you will gain a deeper understanding of the benefits and challenges of separating the development model from the deployment model, unifying the frontend and backend, and what it takes to build and operate a distributed JavaScript runtime.

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