Talk Proposal: One Component, Two Runtimes: What Electron Taught Me About CSS Architecture #195

• Draft Title: One Component, Two Runtimes: What Electron Taught Me About CSS Architecture
• Length: 15-20 mins
• Links: https://canva.link/jsbqx7bnjcaoofb

I needed a single component to look and behave identically in an Electron desktop app and a Next.js website. I thought sharing a component library would be the easy part. This talk is about what happens when CSS-in-JS meets a non-browser runtime — and how that constraint pushed me toward zero-runtime CSS, a three-layer token system, and a _hover API built entirely on CSS Custom Properties.

Speaker Bio

• Name: Soyoung Jung
• Mini-bio: Junior Frontend Engineer with a strong focus on user-centered problem solving, specializing in designing and implementing product features.
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• Would you like help with your presentation? Yes, please (Feedback on notes, practice run)
• Social media link(s): Linkedin
• Do you agree to the VanJS Code of Conduct? Yes