Coana AarhusJS presentation on February 9, 2023

Abstract: Trying to end the days of overwhelming breaking changes, unresolved peer dependency issues, and endless security warnings 🪦

Speakers: Martin Torp & Anders Søndergaard

Bio: Martin and Anders are co-founders of the Aarhus-based startup Coana. Coana is building a tool to improve package management for JavaScript/Typescript developers.
At the meetup they will demo their recently launched beta - an extension for VS Code - and present their ambitions (and possibly naive) plans to set new standards for how packages are managed.

Transcript

1. AarhusJS @ Salling Group February 2023 Coana "Trying to end the days of overwhelming breaking changes, unresolved peer dependency issues, and endless security warnings"
2. Agenda • • • • • Who we are What we have learned What we are trying to do Demo Q&A
3. Co-founder & CTO Co-founder & CRO Co-founder & CPO Benjamin Barslev Anders Møller Martin Torp Co-founder & CEO Anders Søndergaard PhD from Aarhus University Professor at Aarhus University and manager of the Center for Advanced Software Analysis PhD from Aarhus University Second-time startup founder Coana A startup from Aarhus / Established Sep 2022 / Spinout from Aarhus University
4. 2015/2016 Benjamin and Martin starts their PhD's 2019: First publication of the research foundation for Coana 2020: Prototype building starts 2022: Protoype launch (JSFIX) Q3 2022: Company is spun out from Aarhus University Q3 2022: Customer discovery starts 2023: Beta launch
5. ** Jobs-To-Be-Done survey with 116 JavaScript/TypeScript developers in the US​ * The State of JS Survey 2021 90% of JavaScript developers find package management important ** Package management is the #1 pain point of JavaScript development * #1 23% of JavaScript developers are dissatisfied with the current solutions for their package management needs **
7. Relieving the pain of package management
8. 2015/2016 Benjamin and Martin starts their PhD's 2020: Prototype building starts 2022: Protoype launch (JSFIX) Q3 2022: Company is spun out from Aarhus University Q3 2022: Customer discovery starts 2023: Beta launch 2019: First publication of the research foundation for Coana
9. Interviews 100+ inverviews about package management
10. Survey 120 developers in the US uncovering unmet needs Interviews 100+ inverviews about package management
11. Survey Interviews Technical advisors 15 developers committed to helping us out 30 minutes every month 120 developers in the US uncovering unmet needs 100+ inverviews about package management
12. Survey Interviews Technical advisors 15 developers committed to helping us out 30 minutes every month Learn Learn Build Measure > < 120 developers in the US uncovering unmet needs 100+ inverviews about package management
13. Survey Interviews Technical advisors 15 developers committed to helping us out 30 minutes every month Learn Learn Build Measure > < Usage 120 developers in the US uncovering unmet needs 100+ inverviews about package management
14. Unmet needs * 1. "it’s a challenge to detect and fix breaking changes" 2. "it’s a challenge to handle peer dependencies" 3. "it’s a challenge to address security vulnerabilities" 4. "it’s a challenge to gather information about packages" 5. "it’s a challenge to get notified when technical debt accumulates" 6. "it’s a challenge to minimize the risk of malicious packages" * The top pains of a 23% segment of JavaScript/TypeScript - identified through a Jobs-To-Be-Done analysis based on a survey with 116 US developers​ 16 12.9 12.6 12.5 12.3 12.1 Pain score
15. 1. "it’s a challenge to detect and fix breaking changes" 2. "it’s a challenge to handle peer dependencies" 3. "it’s a challenge to address security vulnerabilities" 4. "it’s a challenge to gather information about packages" 5. "it’s a challenge to get notified when technical debt accumulates" 6. "it’s a challenge to minimize the risk of malicious packages" Dep. graph Code-aware vulnerability scannner VSCode Extension CI integration and dashboards Malicious code scan Roadmap Semantic patches Jan 2023 Jan 2024 Jan 2025 Unmet needs Today
16. Demo
17. Q&A
18. AarhusJS @ Salling Group Februrary 2023 Coana Search for 'Coana' in VS Code Marketplace martin@coana.tech anders@coana.tech