Justin Schroeder

👋 Hi there,

I’m Justin, a full-stack developer based in Charlottesville, VA, and working at FormKit. I’ve been writing code for ~25 years. I have plenty of opinions about web development, and I often share those on 𝕏 (Twitter).

When I’m not spending time with my wife and three little boys, you’ll find me creating and maintaining open source. I always keep my DMs open — so feel free to contact me there.

Open source

Creating open source projects is one of my passions. Here are some that I’ve made.

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  FormKit

  A form building framework with form architecture, components, validation, generation and more.

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  AutoAnimate

  A zero-config, drop-in animation utility that adds smooth transitions to your web app.

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  jsonreader

  Stream JSON data and parse the results before its complete.

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  Tempo

  The easiest way to work with dates in JavaScript.

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• ArrowJS

  A tool for programming reactive interfaces. It’s 2Kb, requires no build tools, has no virtual DOM, and is blazing fast.

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  Vue Formulate

  The predecessor to FormKit, Vue Formulate is the easiest way to build forms with Vue 2.

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Articles

I generally post long form thoughts, opinions, and announcements as articles on dev.to. Here are a few recent ones.

• Introducing Tempo • A new date library for JavaScript (and TypeScript).

  Introducing Tempo • A new date library for JavaScript (and TypeScript).

• I’m a software engineer, what does AI mean for me?

  I’m a software engineer, what does AI mean for me?

• Introducing AutoAnimate — add motion to your apps with a single line of code.

  Introducing AutoAnimate — add motion to your apps with a single line of code.

• Introducing FormKit: A Vue 3 form building framework

  Introducing FormKit: A Vue 3 form building framework

• Flow State: 10 Practical Tips for Getting In The Zone

  Flow State: 10 Practical Tips for Getting In The Zone

Speaking

Here’s a running list of previous talks, meetups, and podcasts appearances.

• 2027

  • Richmond meetup (February 2027)

• 2026

  • AGNTCon + MCPCon North America (October 2026)
  • Cloudflare Connect (October 2026)
  • beCamp (October 2026)
  • Cville AI Explorers (July 2026)
  • AI Engineer World's Fair Online Track (June 2026)
  • launch (February 2026)

• 2025

  • AI-Driven Development Day: MCP Edition (November 2025)
  • AI-Driven Development Day (September 2025)
  • Frontend Nation (June 2025)
  • VueConf US
  • RVA.js Conf
  • DejaVue Podcast

• 2024

  • vuejs.de Conf
  • JS Nation
  • VueConf US
  • VueJS Live
  • VueJS Amsterdam
  • VueJS Nation

• 2023

  • RVA.js Conf
  • Vue Toronto
  • GitHub Universe
  • Connect.tech
  • THAT conference
  • SailsConf
  • VueJS Global Summit
  • VueConf US
  • Teach Kelvin Your Thing
  • VueJS Live
  • RVAJS Meetup
  • Frontrunners Conference
  • VueJS Nation

• 2022

  • Connect.tech
  • Svelte Society
  • RVAJS Conference

• Ancient history

  • Views on Vue Podcast
  • VueJS Berlin Meetup
  • EDUI Conference
  • CVJS Meetup
  • SXSW Interactive
  • Drupal Gov Con
  • It was a long time ago, probably others...