--- title: Postcard From Web Directions Dev Summit, 2025 | daily.dev description: A first-person narrative recounting the experience of speaking at Web Directions Dev Summit 2025, focusing on the psychological journey of dealing with stage... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/eiq1g0yfa twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Postcard From Web Directions Dev Summit, 2025 | daily.dev og:description: A first-person narrative recounting the experience of speaking at Web Directions Dev Summit 2025, focusing on the psychological journey of dealing with stage... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/eiq1g0yfa og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/EiQ1G0yfa.png og:image:alt: Post cover image og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Postcard From Web Directions Dev Summit, 2025 **[CSS](https://daily.dev/sources/iheartcss)** · [@geoffgraham](https://daily.dev/geoffgraham) · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A first-person narrative recounting the experience of speaking at Web Directions Dev Summit 2025, focusing on the psychological journey of dealing with stage fright and imposter syndrome while presenting on CSS scroll-driven animations. The piece weaves together personal reflections on anxiety with summaries of other conference talks, including discussions on moving beyond frameworks, AI's impact on web development, and accessibility testing limitations. The author uses stream-of-consciousness writing to explore the emotional reality of technical speaking, contrasting the polished final presentation with the messy internal experience of preparing and delivering it. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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