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Featured Retrospective

Community, Open Source, and npmx

npmx is a fast-moving open source train that welcomes you aboard the moment you show up.

Mar 3, 2026 · 8 min read

Featured Retrospective

2025 in Review: a year of exposure, compounding, and trusting my gut

A reflective 2025 year-in-review covering community building with ZurichJS, conference speaking across the world, shipping high-impact systems at Smallpdf, and showing up consistently online. Lessons learned, things shipped, and what’s next for 2026, including ZurichJS Conf in Zurich.

Jan 3, 2026 · 28 min read

Retrospective

Why it’s called ZurichJS

Why is it called ZurichJS? The name started as something simple, but over time it came to represent something much bigger. This post breaks down how the meetup got its name, why JavaScript became the common ground, and why ZurichJS was never meant to be just about JavaScript.

Mar 2026 · 4 min read

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