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Jan 31

Releasing code in large corporations is slow — and there is a good reason for it

One of the things I always loved about the web is its immediacy. You write a piece of code, publish it somewhere and people can access it. No compilation step, no packaging and distribution, no listing on marketplaces or app stores — just a push of the button. This gives…

Software Development

5 min read

Releasing code in large corporations is slow — and there is a good reason for it
Releasing code in large corporations is slow — and there is a good reason for it
Software Development

5 min read


Jan 24

Things to do and not to do during a wave of tech layoffs

Currently we are in a huge round of tech layoffs that are reminiscent of the first .com crash in the beginning of the century. Meta, Amazon, Microsoft and now Google announced layoffs in the 10k range and it seems no one is spared. …

Layoffs

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Things to do and not to do during a wave of tech layoffs
Things to do and not to do during a wave of tech layoffs
Layoffs

7 min read


Dec 23, 2022

ChatGPT will not replace programmers, but Search Engines should be worried

Unless you’ve lived under a rock, you probably heard of ChatGPT, OpenAI wunderkind chat bot that seemingly gives answers to any problem you throw at it. Of course people fed it with lots of programming questions and it yielded great results. This, once again, sparked a big discussion if “AI”…

Searchengines

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ChatGPT will not replace programmers, but Search Engines should be worried
ChatGPT will not replace programmers, but Search Engines should be worried
Searchengines

4 min read


Dec 19, 2022

Microdosing burnout — on working remote and in a different time zone

I’ve been working remotely in the EU for US companies for the last 15 years. On paper, this sounds like an excellent gig. You get the salaries and bleeding edge work of a US employee but you also get the job security that comes with a European contract. If used…

Mental Health

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Microdosing burnout — on working remote and in a different time zone
Microdosing burnout — on working remote and in a different time zone
Mental Health

7 min read


Sep 15, 2022

Celebrating 1M installs of Edge DevTools for VS Code

The Edge DevTools for Visual Studio Code extension has over 1M downloads, time to recap a bit how it came to be When I started my current role in Microsoft one thing that ailed me was that the browser developer tools are great for debugging, but they aren’t changing the…

Tooling

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Celebrating 1M installs of Edge DevTools for VS Code
Celebrating 1M installs of Edge DevTools for VS Code
Tooling

4 min read


Aug 29, 2022

The sum of all knowledge

Last week my mother died. After we put her urn into the ground next to my father’s we went back to their flat to talk about next steps and dividing up their belongings amongst us three children. One thing I immediately called dibs on were my father’s two books. Both…

Www

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The sum of all knowledge
The sum of all knowledge
Www

5 min read


Aug 18, 2022

You haven’t been hacked, these aren’t devices spying on you and these errors aren’t your fault

It is possible to accidentally open the developer tools in browsers. Either by pressing F12, selecting the “Inspect” option of the context menu or hitting one of the many keyboard shortcuts that open different tools. These tools can look intimidating and as if someone is hacking your computer. Especially when…

Security

6 min read

You haven’t been hacked, these aren’t devices spying on you and these errors aren’t your fault
You haven’t been hacked, these aren’t devices spying on you and these errors aren’t your fault
Security

6 min read


Apr 12, 2022

One million broken web sites — and a way to prevent that

Webaim.org releases an annual report called the WebAIM Million. This is a deep analysis of the one million most visited web sites how accessible they are. And every year the result is pretty grim. Across the one million home pages, 50,829,406 distinct accessibility errors were detected — an average of…

Accessibility

4 min read

One million broken web sites — and a way to prevent that
One million broken web sites — and a way to prevent that
Accessibility

4 min read


Mar 14, 2022

Noise cancellation for developers

I like noise cancelling headphones. Using them, I can sleep better on planes and find much more detail in music I enjoy. In the office, they are a visual clue that I am currently unavailable for feedback as I want to concentrate on a task at hand.

Development And Growth

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Noise cancellation for developers
Noise cancellation for developers
Development And Growth

16 min read


Dec 20, 2021

The web starts on page 4

After 25 years of working for, on and with the web, I am looking at the current state of it and I don’t like it. There is still a lot of beautiful, creative and amazing work out there, but on the whole, we lost an amazing opportunity. …

Search Engines

7 min read

The web starts on page 4
The web starts on page 4
Search Engines

7 min read

Christian Heilmann

Christian Heilmann

22K Followers

Maker of web things. Ponderer of new technology. Lover of simplicity. Portfolio: http://christianheilmann.com — http://developer-evangelism.com

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