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Kyiv Frontend Night

A high-energy evening for frontend engineers to explore modern JavaScript, UI architecture, performance, and developer tooling with the local tech community.

Date
Venue
Kyiv Tech Hub, Podil
Speakers

Agenda Snapshot

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  1. 18:30 Doors open, networking, welcome drinks
  2. 18:45 Talks block 1: React, TypeScript, UI architecture
  3. 19:45 Lightning talks and Q&A
  4. 20:30 Community networking and sponsor demos

Kyiv Frontend Night • Speakers

Meet 8 experts shaping modern frontend

From JavaScript architecture and performance to accessibility, design systems, and AI-assisted UI workflows.

  • Portrait placeholder of Olena Hrytsenko

    Olena Hrytsenko

    Staff Frontend Engineer, NovaPay

    Hydration Without Headaches: React 19 Patterns for Real Apps

    Bio & talk summary

    Olena leads checkout UI reliability for high-traffic payment flows. She shares a pragmatic migration path to React 19, covering streaming, partial hydration trade-offs, and debugging hydration mismatches before production incidents.

  • Portrait placeholder of Dmytro Kovalenko

    Dmytro Kovalenko

    Principal JavaScript Engineer, monobank tech

    Beyond Bundlers: Vite, Rspack, and the New Build Pipeline

    Bio & talk summary

    Dmytro builds frontend platforms used by dozens of teams. He compares real CI timings, incremental caching strategies, and module federation implications when moving from legacy webpack to modern Rust-powered tooling.

  • Portrait placeholder of Iryna Melnyk

    Iryna Melnyk

    Design Systems Lead, BetterMe

    Token-First UI: Scaling Design Systems Across Products

    Bio & talk summary

    Iryna runs a multi-brand design system used on web and mobile. Her session covers semantic tokens, theming governance, and how to keep component APIs stable while shipping fast with product teams.

  • Portrait placeholder of Maksym Bondar

    Maksym Bondar

    Performance Engineer, Grammarly

    Core Web Vitals in Production: What Actually Moves the Needle

    Bio & talk summary

    Maksym focuses on frontend latency at global scale. Expect concrete optimization playbooks for LCP and INP, including image strategies, script budgets, and performance alerting integrated into release workflows.

  • Portrait placeholder of Sofia Tkachenko

    Sofia Tkachenko

    Accessibility Specialist, EPAM

    Keyboard-First by Default: Accessibility in Component Libraries

    Bio & talk summary

    Sofia audits enterprise UI kits and trains teams on inclusive engineering. She walks through focus management, ARIA pitfalls, and test automation patterns that prevent accessibility regressions before release.

  • Portrait placeholder of Andrii Petrenko

    Andrii Petrenko

    Senior UI Engineer, Ajax Systems

    AI in the UI Layer: Copilot Features Users Actually Trust

    Bio & talk summary

    Andrii prototypes AI-driven interface flows for security products. He shares UX guardrails for suggestions, confidence indicators, and human override patterns so AI feels helpful instead of unpredictable.

  • Portrait placeholder of Kateryna Rudenko

    Kateryna Rudenko

    DX Tooling Engineer, MacPaw

    Monorepo DX: Faster Feedback with pnpm, Turborepo, and Contracts

    Bio & talk summary

    Kateryna builds tooling for multi-team repositories. She demonstrates dependency graph hygiene, typed package boundaries, and task orchestration patterns that cut local and CI feedback loops dramatically.

  • Portrait placeholder of Roman Shevchenko

    Roman Shevchenko

    Frontend Architect, Genesis

    Edge-Ready Frontends: Caching, RSC Boundaries, and Runtime Trade-offs

    Bio & talk summary

    Roman designs distributed frontend platforms for media and SaaS products. His talk clarifies where edge rendering helps, where it hurts, and how to set resilient boundaries between server and client code.

Why attend Kyiv Frontend Night

Event Highlights

Fast, practical, and community-first value for frontend engineers.

  • Expert talks

    Senior frontend speakers share field-tested patterns and pitfalls.

  • Networking

    Meet local engineers, hiring teams, and open-source contributors.

  • Practical frontend insights

    Actionable techniques you can apply in your codebase next day.

  • Accessibility focus

    Inclusive UX and a11y workflows that improve products for everyone.

  • Performance engineering

    Core Web Vitals, rendering strategy, and bundle optimization in practice.

  • Design systems

    Scalable UI architecture for teams shipping fast without inconsistency.

  • Community energy

    A high-signal, friendly night built by and for the local frontend community.

Venue

Kyiv Frontend Night Location

Join us at a modern downtown space with easy transit access, secure parking options, and accessibility-friendly facilities.

Map & Venue Details

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Venue Name
Creative Tech Hub Kyiv
Address
12 Khreshchatyk St, Kyiv, Ukraine

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers to help you plan your Kyiv Frontend Night visit.

Yes. Registration is required because seats are limited. You can still join the waitlist if regular spots are sold out.