--- title: "Theodore Vorillas" description: "Theodore Vorillas is a lead software engineer, speaker and educator in Athens, Greece. He writes and speaks on frontend, systems, accessibility, hardware and AI." url: "https://vorillaz.com/" --- # Theodore Vorillas, lead software engineer, speaker and educator in Athens, Greece vrlz–01 lead software engineer, speaker and educator leading engineering at [Workable](https://www.workable.com/) building [Proxima Analytics](https://proxima.so/) on the side - [**writing** 20 articles](https://vorillaz.com/writing) - [**talks** 27 since 2018](https://vorillaz.com/talks) - [**work** 10 projects](https://vorillaz.com/work) - [**about** athens, gr](https://vorillaz.com/about) - [**lab** 44 plates](https://vorillaz.com/lab) ## writing Notes on building for the web, the systems under it and the hardware around it. [archive · 20 →](https://vorillaz.com/writing) 2025 [02.05 · Netflix But better · 05 ai · 6 min](https://vorillaz.com/netflix-but-better) 2024 - [11.07 · Don't Sleep on BullMQ · 02 systems · 3 min](https://vorillaz.com/dont-sleep-on-bullmq) - [10.21 · Next.js Public Variables · 01 frontend · 2 min](https://vorillaz.com/nextjs-public-variables) - [10.15 · From Schema to Server: Automating Documentation and tRPC with Prisma · 02 systems · 6 min](https://vorillaz.com/prisma-server) - [07.24 · Tauri vs. Electron: A Technical Comparison · 06 craft · 4 min](https://vorillaz.com/tauri-vs-electron) - [04.01 · Next.js with Public Environment Variables in Docker · 02 systems · 4 min](https://vorillaz.com/nextjs-docker-env) ## talks Conference talks on accessibility, hardware, AI and frontend, since 2018. [all 27 talks →](https://vorillaz.com/talks) - [11.16 · Look, I Have a Runtime in My Browser · JS Nation · New York, USA](https://jsnation.us/) - [10.23 · Look, I Have a Runtime in My Browser · CityJS · Athens, Greece](https://greece.cityjsconf.org/) | date | talk | event | city | lang | media | | ----- | ----------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------- | ---- | ---------------------------------------------------- | | 2026 | | | | | | | 10.07 | Ghosts in the System: Design Systems vs. Legacy UI | [Into Design Systems](https://luma.com/ids-athens) | Athens, Greece | en | — | | 10.06 | Panel and Roundtable | [React Athens MeetUp](https://www.meetup.com/react-athens-meetup/events/316526045/) | Athens, Greece | en | — | | 2025 | | | | | | | 12.02 | Supabase x Postgres Deep Cuts | Supabase Athens meetup | Athens, Greece | en | — | | 09.08 | Can your test's think? | [Tester’s Day](https://exactpro.com/events/testers-day-2025) | Tblisi, Georgia | en | — | | 05.28 | Why Greek Motorcycle Drivers Are Not Wearing Helmets? | [CityJS](https://greece.cityjsconf.org/) | Athens, Greece | en | [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C23y0ur6Y0) | | 05.25 | The Phoenix Pattern: Building Self-Healing React Apps | [React Athens MeetUp](https://www.meetup.com/react-athens-meetup/events/310369000) | Athens, Greece | en | — | ## work Open source tools and the analytics platform I'm building. [work →](https://vorillaz.com/work) - [founder · maintainer](https://proxima.so/) ### [Proxima Analytics](https://proxima.so/) [An open source, privacy-first analytics platform.](https://proxima.so/) [building now · proxima.so ↗](https://proxima.so/) - [creator · maintainer](https://github.com/vorillaz/devicons) ### [Devicons](https://github.com/vorillaz/devicons) [3M+](https://github.com/vorillaz/devicons) [downloads](https://github.com/vorillaz/devicons) [github.com ↗](https://github.com/vorillaz/devicons) - [creator · maintainer](https://tok0.dev/) ### [tok0](https://tok0.dev/) [A high-performance CLI proxy that compresses verbose shell output before it reaches an LLM.](https://tok0.dev/) [tok0.dev ↗](https://tok0.dev/) - [creator · maintainer](https://jiki.sh/) ### [jiki (じき)](https://jiki.sh/) [A Node.js runtime in the browser.](https://jiki.sh/) [building now · jiki.sh ↗](https://jiki.sh/) - [creator · maintainer](https://github.com/vorillaz/raycast-page-speed) ### [raycast pagespeed](https://github.com/vorillaz/raycast-page-speed) [A simple Raycast extension to check the performance of a website.](https://github.com/vorillaz/raycast-page-speed) [github.com ↗](https://github.com/vorillaz/raycast-page-speed) - [creator · maintainer](https://github.com/proximahq/clickhouse) ### [@prxm/clickhouse](https://github.com/proximahq/clickhouse) [A Node.js ClickHouse client.](https://github.com/proximahq/clickhouse) [github.com ↗](https://github.com/proximahq/clickhouse) - [creator · maintainer](https://github.com/vorillaz/ploff) ### [ploff](https://github.com/vorillaz/ploff) [A tiny Node.js CLI to partially clone a remote repository with a single command.](https://github.com/vorillaz/ploff) [github.com ↗](https://github.com/vorillaz/ploff) - [creator · maintainer](https://github.com/proximahq/rearguard) ### [rearguard](https://github.com/proximahq/rearguard) [A set of utilities, packed in a module.](https://github.com/proximahq/rearguard) [github.com ↗](https://github.com/proximahq/rearguard) - [creator · maintainer](https://github.com/plexis-js/plexis) ### [plexis](https://github.com/plexis-js/plexis) [A lo-fi, powerful, community-driven string manipulation library.](https://github.com/plexis-js/plexis) [github.com ↗](https://github.com/plexis-js/plexis) - [creator · maintainer](https://github.com/vorillaz/tabsub) ### [tabsub](https://github.com/vorillaz/tabsub) [A tiny Pub/Sub library for modern browsers.](https://github.com/vorillaz/tabsub) [github.com ↗](https://github.com/vorillaz/tabsub) I write, speak and build where the web meets art and electronics. [about →](https://vorillaz.com/about) [speaker kit →](https://vorillaz.com/talks#kit) [contact →](https://vorillaz.com/about#elsewhere)