Juha-Matti Santala
Community Builder. Dreamer. Adventurer.

/now

Last updated: November 24th 2025

So a website with a link that says “now” goes to a page that tells you what this person is focused on at this point in their life. For short, we call it a “now page”.

Life

We're in that moment of the year where winter keeps peeking through the cracks of fall and every morning you wake up, you need to look outside to know what kind of a day it's gonna be. The fall has been busy which has been nice after a long slow months.

Work

I'm currently working as a developer at Reaktor. I just started in a new client project and I'm so excited about it — I even get to write htmx! First time being paid to do that so I'm all yay.

Communities

Meetups have been running their lovely course throughout the fall. We're approaching the 10th anniversary meetup of Turku <3 Frontend in December and have an Advent of Code jam coming up with archipylago to wrap up the year with.

Tiny joys

I've gotten quite a few opportunities to speak in events this fall and the feedback has been heart-warming. I really love getting on the stage and sharing my stories and experiences.