# Day 1 at ArtifactConf

I have gone from not attending any event in a while to attending two in a row! Last week it was the [5th Annual Women Who Code Diversity Hackathon](https://dev.to/alvaromontoro/our-experience-at-the-5th-annual-diversity-hackathon-570p), and these days I am attending [ARTIFACT conf](https://artifactconf.com/) in beautiful (and cloudy) here in Austin, TX.

Yesterday was the first day of this 2-day event (3 if we count the workshops, and the presentations matched the expectations, and the all-star line-up that the conference presented.

ARTIFACT conf is happening at room #5 of the Alamo Drafthouse in South Austin, a classic (but extraordinary) movie theater turned into meeting/conference space for the occasion.

![Alamo Drafthouse movie theater entrance](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1639795290738/Zopn6bT6Q.jpeg)

The Talks
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The first presentation was in charge of **[Tim Kadlec](https://twitter.com/tkadlec)**, who gave an amazing talk about performance and improvement. How websites are growing and how we can change this.

**[Chris Coyier](https://twitter.com/chriscoyier)** kept the level high during his presentation about what being a front-end developer meant (aren't we all full-stack now?) And how front-end can ve divided now into front-front-end and back-front-end.

The conference continued with **[Jen Simmons](https://twitter.com/jensimmons)**'s "Thinking in Grid" presentation that consisted of a live-coding example. She was given a randomly-picked picture from a design book, and turned into HTML+CSS using grid.

That made it to the first half of the day and the lunch break. During which there was a projection of the ARTIFACT logo animation that was pure art. Kudos to whoever created it.

After the lunch break, **[Dave Rupert](https://twitter.com/davatron5000)** took us through a journey of web design and development and how to improve it, showcasing a previous project with a major pizza company and explaining what they did and how it affected design and performance.

Then **[Elle Waters](https://twitter.com/Nethermind)** completed a really nice talk about lean accessibility and agile accessibility. And how they can help with the group culture and boosting a project, providing better design and development.

![Picture during Divya's presentation about JAMstack](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1639795292449/obzE_jhm5.jpeg)

After a small break for cookies and milk (really!), **[Divya Sasidharan](https://twitter.com/shortdiv)** presented JAMstack, explained the main concepts, showed how it works, and even did a live demo on stage!

**[Dan Mall](https://twitter.com/danmall)** was the last speaker of the day, with a talk about design systems. The whole flow of the presentation was amazing, with great slides and a story connecting every day. My favorite presentation of the day (and I'm a developer!)

Tomorrow more...
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That was the end of the first day for me. I am looking forward to the second day with presentations from Chris Ferdinandi, Sara Drasner or Brad Frost among other people :D