Playbook for Scalable, Resilient Systems with Next.js
đź“… 2/5/2026, 9:00:00 AM
đź“Ť Rakuten Asia offices
Description
This workshop dives into the core of building resilient, scalable, production-ready applications with React and Next.js, grounding you in a pragmatic approach to software development. We’ll tackle common web performance pitfalls, showing you how to make impactful optimizations without compromising readability, maintainability, or speed, essential when delivering under tight timelines. You’ll explore resilience patterns that enable your applications to perform reliably under real-world demands along with how to make the right compromises, whether you’re building for early-stage platforms or scaling up to serve millions of global users.
Covering React reconciliation fundamentals, we’ll provide the context needed for structuring large-scale component architectures, alongside best practices for designing components that stay maintainable over time. Through a case study using TanStack Query, you’ll tackle data fetching at scale to ensure optimal app performance with complex data requirements.
Finally, we’ll focus on post-deployment strategies, including setting up observability and monitoring tools to detect issues early. This workshop provides an adaptable playbook for creating robust applications that endure, building a skill set to navigate the evolving problem spaces and needs across different project stages, whether you’re developing from scratch or scaling for global audiences.
Speaker
Faris Aziz
Staff Software Engineer @ Smallpdf
Faris is an experienced engineer, international conference speaker, and workshop instructor with a focus on React, Next.js, web architecture, and resilient system design. He has a strong interest in startups, having worked at early-stage companies in roles ranging from founding teams to scaling organizations from 1 to 100 people. His expertise includes engineering leadership, designing career ladders from scratch, and managing teams of over 10 engineers. As a front-end subject matter expert, Faris has built systems used by millions of users. His work spans greenfield projects and long-running products. He has worked in industries including Connected TV, Fintech, SaaS, and Fitness, with companies such as Smallpdf, Fiit, Discovery, GCN, Eurosport, and Navro (formerly Paytrix). Faris focuses on building user-centric, performant, and maintainable applications. He takes a particular interest in observability and monitoring, making systems easier to debug and improve. He shares his knowledge by organizing the Zurich.js meetup in Switzerland and speaking at international conferences on web development, engineering leadership, and scalable systems. In his spare time, Faris contributes to developer tools like Raycast and reflects on questions like why the build works on his machine but fails everywhere else.