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Christian Heilmann

Christian Heilmann

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Jun 2

Remember: The “f” in xenophobia stands for “fun”

Some time ago the US government announced that they will de-classify UFO sightings material from the 50s and 60s. This caused quite the…

No aliens!

Christian Heilmann

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Sep 29, 2025

Time to separate the art from the artist

A lot of the people whose work I adore and admire are terrible and weird human beings. That’s where it’s tricky to separate the art from…

Time to separate the art from the artist

Christian Heilmann

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May 27, 2025

Excellent tools: EditGPT — an AI powered review and edit suite for writers

There is no doubt that AI can help a lot when writing documents. There is also no doubt that it can be detrimental to both quality and the…

Excellent tools: EditGPT — an AI powered review and edit suite for writers

Christian Heilmann

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May 5, 2025

Vibe coding, creativity, craft and professionalism… are we making ourselves redundant?

In a time of “vibe coding” and instant creation at the push of a button or speaking to the computer, how do we stand out as professionals…

Vibe coding, creativity, craft and professionalism… are we making ourselves redundant?

Christian Heilmann

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Sep 12, 2024

A billion new developers thanks to AI?

This is a translation of my German article for the AI mag.

A billion new developers thanks to AI?

Christian Heilmann

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Jul 7, 2024

A sentence for eternity from Elon Musk Smiling Face with Sunglasses.

Over the last few years something magical has happened without much fanfare: social media platforms and operating systems automatically…

A sentence for eternity from Elon Musk Smiling Face with Sunglasses.

Christian Heilmann

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Jun 3, 2024

Witnessing the death of the web as a news medium

As some of you may know, I started out as a radio journalist. And when I discovered the web in around 1996, I knew that, to me, radio and…

Christian Heilmann

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May 12, 2024

About yesterday’s European Song Contest 2024

Yesterday was the final of Eurovision. Lots of people use this as an opportunity to post pictures of dead babies. I get it, we live in…

Erasure dressed up as a ABBA’s ladies for their cover of Take a Chance on Me

Christian Heilmann

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Feb 21, 2024

How does a changed market affect Developer Relations?

Today, 21/02/2024, I will be opening a live event called Developer Program Leaders: Main Challenges in Developer Relations. Here’s the…

How does a changed market affect Developer Relations?

Christian Heilmann

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Feb 6, 2024

Lines of code — how to not measure code quality and developer efficiency

Lines of code delivered are often seen as productivity or even quality of a developer. And that’s nonsense.

Lines of code — how to not measure code quality and developer efficiency

Christian Heilmann

Christian Heilmann

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

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