Austin JavaScript Meetup

​Come and give a talk! We'd also love to have you come give a lightning presentation or present a battle deck!

​Talk: From Levels to Learning: Building an ML System for Game Difficulty
Speaker: Saiichi Shayan Hashimoto
Abstract:
This talk explores how a TensorFlow model was built to evaluate puzzle game difficulty, from data collection to training and iteration. We’ll also dive into how Sanity is used as a control layer to tweak and manage the model in real time. It’s a practical look at turning gameplay data into a system that improves the player experience—and making it flexible enough to evolve quickly without constant redeploys, with a brief comparison to newer LLM-based approaches.

Talk: Caging Chaos: Building Deterministic AI Chatbots with Effect
Speaker: David L. Bowman
Abstract:
Engagement is shifting to chatbots. Users now expect prompt-based interaction. This talk shows how to build AI chatbots that feel natural and engaging while remaining deterministic — using Effect-TS for type-safe tools, structured outputs, page-gated behavior, canned responses, and workflow integration.

Talk: A Charting library for Agents: Building Spec-Driven Visualizations with OpenChart
Speaker: Riley Hilliard
Abstract:
Getting a standard charting library to produce an editorial-quality visualization usually means battling the framework's default opinions and writing messy CSS hacks. OpenChart takes a different approach: it's a headless, framework-agnostic visualization engine. Instead of imperative drawing calls, you describe your chart using a declarative JSON spec. In this talk, I'll explore OpenChart's editorial-first design, its built-in accessibility features, and why a spec-driven JSON model is uniquely suited for AI agents generating robust charts directly from datasets.

Talk: Teaching Your AI to See: Validating agentic UI development flows
Speaker: Akeem McLennon

​Meetup Schedule:
6:00 - 6:45 -> Food and networking
6:45 - 8:00 -> Main presentations and Q&A
8:00 -> Walk to Zilker Brewing Company and hangout