Lee Meyer recently spoke at Web Directions Summit 2025. This is his experience, not only speaking at the event, but experiencing the event through the lens of anxiety and imposter syndrome.

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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.

Postcard From Web Directions Dev Summit, 2025