Riki Fridrich

Hi. My name is Riki Fridrich. I write JavaScript. I teach others how to write JavaScript. I speak at conferences and meetups. Mostly about JavaScript.

Talks & podcasts

• Give your JavaScript Alzheimer, let it forget data

  • 2026
  • FrontKon
  • talk

  5–6 October 2026 · Prague · O2 Universum.

• JavaScript is dead, long live TypeScript!

  • 2025
  • FrontKec
  • podcast

  Annual discussion about results of State of JS / State of React 2025 surveys, with Martin Michálek and Robin Pokorný.

• Signals in JavaScript

  • 2024
  • FrontKon
  • talk

  Signals in JS, the TC39 proposal. Demonstration of what it is, how it is already implemented in some frameworks, and why I think it will cause huge change in JavaScript ecosystem, once it is available natively.

• Discussion: Frontend or fullstack

  • 2024
  • FrontKon
  • panel

  Should developers try to do everything (fullstack), or is it better to specialize in frontend / backend? Panel with Petr Burian, moderated by Tomáš Hejč.

• Evolution of JavaScript over the last 20 years

  • 2024
  • PodVocasem
  • podcast

  How did JavaScript and its ecosystem change in the last 20 years? What was it like writing JavaScript for Netscape Navigator, compared to now? And how will it change in the future?

All talks & podcasts

Code

• CSS Selector Generator

  JavaScript library for creating uniquely matching CSS selectors for a given element(s). Very customizable and capable of creating working selectors in all kinds of situations (e.g. ShadowDOM, non-browser environments, fragments outside of document).

• UrlMatch

  JavaScript library for URL pattern matching using Chrome extension-style patterns, with some extra features, like additional support for ports, parameters and fragments.

More at github.com/fczbkk

CV

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Contact

You can find me at GitHub and LinkedIn.

Email me at: riki@fczbkk.com