--- title: "It's Time To Talk About Signals - Julian Burr - NDC Sydney 2026" url: https://daily.dev/posts/it-s-time-to-talk-about-signals---julian-burr---ndc-sydney-2026-nksciuq4g source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g278F7qgj4 type: video:youtube source: "NDC Conferences" published: 2026-05-28T15:17:13.085Z updated: 2026-05-28T15:17:32.077Z tags: ["javascript", "react"] reading_time: 52 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: 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. # It's Time To Talk About Signals - Julian Burr - NDC Sydney 2026 **[NDC Conferences](https://daily.dev/sources/ndc)** · 52 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A conference talk transcript covering JavaScript signals from first principles. Traces the history of web rendering from server-side pull approaches through jQuery DOM mutation to modern frameworks, explaining why signals emerged as a solution for fine-grained reactive state. Walks through a live implementation of a basic signals system in ~30 lines of JavaScript, covering subscribers, computed values, and effects. Discusses how frameworks like Vue, Svelte, Solid, and Angular adopted signals, why React deliberately avoids them in favor of a pull-based virtual DOM approach with memoization, and the TC39 proposal to standardize signals in the JavaScript language itself. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#javascript](https://daily.dev/tags/javascript), [#react](https://daily.dev/tags/react) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/it-s-time-to-talk-about-signals---julian-burr---ndc-sydney-2026-nksciuq4g)