React IL May Meetup - Powered by Elementor
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Agenda (all sessions will be held in Hebrew):
18:00 - Meet & Mingle
18:30 - Opening words
18:35 - MCP Apps - React or Vanilla - Naftali Stein, AI Engineer @ Elementor
MCP Apps is an extension to MCP that lets tools render interactive UI inside AI chat - from simple confirmations to multi-step wizards. In this talk, I'll walk through what we learned building MCP Apps in production for Angie - Elementor's Agentic AI, and share the trade-offs between building them with React versus plain HTML
19:05 - When React Becomes an Attack Vector: Lessons from the React2Shell CVE - Ofir Elarat, Software engineer @ Orion Security
In the end of 2025, a critical vulnerability nicknamed React2Shell demonstrated how modern React and Next.js features, specifically Server Components, could be abused to achieve remote code execution.
In this talk, we’ll break down the vulnerability from a frontend engineer’s perspective:
- How the exploit worked
- Why it was possible in the first place
- How a client-side entry point escalated into a full server compromise.
We’ll walk through the attack chain step by step, explain the underlying mechanics of the framework, and show how the issue was discovered and eventually fixed. Along the way, we’ll connect the dots between frontend architecture decisions and real security impact.
This session is a practical deep dive into why frontend developers can no longer treat security as “someone else’s problem.”
19:35 - Break
19:50 - Building Production React Apps with AI and Spec-Driven Development - Haim Michael, Founder & CEO @ Zindell Technologies
We are witnessing a fundamental shift in how systems are designed and built. Programming languages are no longer the primary interface between human intent and machine execution. Increasingly, English itself is becoming the new programming language.
This talk explores the implications of that shift and what it means for developers, product managers, and organizations building both digital and physical systems.
I will begin by examining the transition from traditional coding toward the use of Agentic IDEs. As AI takes responsibility for generating code, tests, documentation, workflows, and even operational artifacts, the human role changes. The core skill is no longer writing every line of code, but designing, steering, constraining, and validating the behavior of multiple autonomous agents working together toward a shared goal.
This naturally leads to a second transformation: the convergence of software developer and product manager. In an agent-driven world, the separation between “defining what to build” and “building it” collapses. The same person increasingly:
+ Defines intent and requirements
+ Translates business goals into structured specifications
+ Orchestrates AI agents to execute those specifications
+ Validates outcomes against the original intent
This emerging role is neither a classic developer nor a traditional product manager. In this talk, I propose thinking of this role as a Builder, who is responsible end-to-end for turning intent into reality by orchestrating humans, agents, and systems.
A key enabler of this shift is Spec-Driven Development (SDD). Rather than relying on informal prompts or fragmented requirements, SDD treats specifications as first-class artifacts. These specs - written in structured natural language - serve simultaneously as:
+ The contract between stakeholders
+ The steering mechanism for the AI
+ The reference point for validation, testing, and documentation
I will show how the Spec-Driven Development methodology, together with the Kiro IDE, solves many of today's AI-driven development problems and paves the way to scalable, traceable, and high-quality code.
Throughout the session, I will draw from practical experience working with agentic IDEs, building zero human companies, and experiencing real-world spec-driven workflows. The focus is not on theory, but on how these ideas are already reshaping day-to-day work.
Attendees will leave with:
+ A clear mental model of why English is becoming executable intent
+ An understanding of the emerging “Builder” role
+ Insight into how agent orchestration and spec-driven development apply far beyond classic software
This talk is intended for developers, product managers, architects, and leaders who want to understand where their roles are heading, how to stay relevant in an agent-driven world, and how well the Spec-Driven Methodology fits when developing React applications.
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