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Frontend Collective · Meetup #24 · Thursday, August 6, 2026 · Seoul
The meetup for people who ship the web
Frontend Collective is a free monthly gathering for engineers, designers, and makers. One feature talk, a couple of lightning demos, an open mic for whatever you're building, and the kind of hallway conversation that turns into your next project. Come once and you'll keep coming back.
Why join
A community, not a conference
Frontend Collective runs every month, all year. Show up for one talk and stay for the people — this is where our corner of the industry actually knows each other.
Faces you'll see again
Same room, every month. Regulars know each other by name, newcomers get introduced, and the hallway chat is half the reason people keep coming back.
An open mic for your work
Built something this month? Grab five minutes at the open mic. No slides required, no gatekeeping — half our best talks started as a scrappy demo from the crowd.
Always free to attend
No ticket price, ever. Snacks, drinks, and fast Wi-Fi are on the house, courtesy of our host venue and sponsors. Just RSVP so we know how much pizza to order.
Easy to get to, easy to stay
We meet in Seongsu, two minutes from the subway, with plenty of spots nearby to keep the conversation going long after the last talk wraps.
A community that gives back
A live hiring board, a Slack that's actually helpful, and mentors happy to look at your side project. Membership is just showing up.
Agenda
What Meetup #24 looks like
Two and a half hours, one feature talk, a few lightning demos, and an open mic. Doors open at 7:00pm and we spill out to a spot nearby afterward.
| Time | Session | Speaker | Track |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19:00 | Doors open, name tags & cold drinks | — | All |
| 19:20 | Warm welcome & what's new in the community | Alex Rivera | Welcome |
| 19:30 | Feature talk: Shipping a design system that survives a rewrite | Mara Okafor | Talk |
| 20:00 | Lightning talk: Killing our slowest build in one afternoon | Priya Nair | Lightning |
| 20:10 | Lightning talk: Local-first apps without the sync headaches | Daniel Kim | Lightning |
| 20:20 | Break, snacks & lightning-round Q&A | — | All |
| 20:40 | Open mic: five-minute demos from the room | Anyone | Demos |
| 21:10 | Hallway hangout, hiring board & drinks nearby | — | All |
Speakers & organizers
Who's on the mic this month
Our speakers are regulars first — people from the community who agreed to share what they've been building. Want a turn at the mic? Just tell us at the next meetup.
Mara Okafor
Staff Design Engineer & Collective co-host
Has rebuilt three design systems from the studs up and lived to tell the story. This month she shares what actually held together through a full framework migration — and what she'd never ship again.
Priya Nair
Build & platform lead, weekend tinkerer
Spends her days making other engineers' builds faster and her nights over-optimizing her home lab. Expect a very fast five minutes on cutting CI time without cutting corners.
Daniel Kim
Local-first app builder & meetup regular
Believes the offline-first web is finally good. He'll show how a small team shipped a collaborative app that just works on the subway — sync conflicts and all.
Where we meet
Same corner of Seoul, every month
We've called Riverside Works in Seongsu home for two years now. It's easy to find, easy to hang around after, and the coffee is genuinely good.
The venue
Riverside Works, 42 Seongsu-ro, Seoul. Two minutes from Seongsu Station exit 3 — look for the sky-blue Collective banner by the door.
When we gather
The first Thursday of every month. Doors at 7:00pm, talks from 7:30, and we head to a nearby bar around 9:30.
Getting in
Free to attend, but the room fills up — RSVP so we can save you a seat and print your name tag ahead of time.
See you on the first Thursday?
The room holds about eighty and the good seats go fast. RSVP is stored for organizer review; lineup and directions stay on this site, with no automatic reminder email.