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Opher Vishnia

Opher Vishnia

Developer, designer, speaker, and a spark for creative magic

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Opher is a multidisciplinary creator, with expertise spanning web development, design, music, and game development.

He currently leads development as principal engineer at Hud.io, imbuing magic into the field of development tools and observability. Previously, as director of technical innovation and creative developer at Eko, Opher worked at the intersection of art and technology, collaborating with development teams as well as design, art, and film-making teams to redefine interactive media on the web. His notable work includes open source projects like react-animation-orchestrator, Lance JS multiplayer server and the VR film Broken Night, which was showcased at the Cannes Film Festival and Tribeca Film Festival in NYC.

Area of Expertise

  • Arts
  • Information & Communications Technology

Throw away your Xbox - The future of games is written in JavaScript

Imagine this: you type a URL into your browser and instantly are transported into a modern 3D multiplayer match. Actually, that’s not a dream - that already exists now!
In this talk we’ll be looking at the journey we’ve made from the early days of Flash games to amazing web technologies we can play with today like WebGPU, WebGL, WebTransport, WebWorkers and others. This is particularly mind-boggling considering the web was originally intended to just serve documents!
Game consoles? Who needs them? The future of games is written in JavaScript. Let me show you how the web can serve as a true gaming platform right now

Stop shooting yourself in the foot: Quick wins to improve your app’s performance

Your React app is slow, and, yes, it’s kind of your fault. But don’t worry - you didn’t sabotage it all at once. You’re not in this alone though. To crack this case, we’ve invited some of the world’s greatest detectives to help uncover the culprits behind your app’s sluggish behavior.

React makes it all too easy to unknowingly sabotage performance, with sneaky pitfalls like over-rendered components, re-created references, and sneaky state updates lurking in your code. These issues are elusive and often invisible to the untrained eye - until your app grinds to a halt.

In this session, you’ll think like a detective, learning how to spot red flags, interrogate your codebase, and identify common causes of performance woes. With tools, methodologies, and actionable strategies at your disposal, you’ll solve the mystery of what’s slowing down your React app. Whether you’re an experienced developer or just getting started with React, you’ll walk away with practical techniques to stop sabotaging your app’s performance - and maybe even your sanity.

ReactNext 2023 Sessionize Event

June 2023 Tel Aviv, Israel

NDC London 2023 Sessionize Event

January 2023 London, United Kingdom

Opher Vishnia

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