Christian Heilmann

Threewords.me and displaying your words in an HTML document using YQL

January 4th, 2011

Whilst I am still not quite sure why, I signed up for Threewords.me, a service where people can describe you in three words. My results range from expected over disturbing up to WTF, so that’s all good. Now, threewords.me has no API as far as I can see and in the admin section there is […]

Seven things I want to see on the web in 2011

January 2nd, 2011

As I’ve been particularly nice all year, I think I deserve to be allowed to have a wish list of things that should change on the web in 2011. So here is what I want to see: HTML5 everywhereDeath of the password (antipattern)Backup APIsFocus on SecurityGovernments embracing the web instead of fighting itCloud based apps […]

From corporate to creative – hello Mozilla!

December 19th, 2010

On the first of December I started my new job at Mozilla and this week I spent in the headquarters in Mountain View, California for a work week where the foundation invited all the people working here and a few contributors. I don’t know why, but I somehow I feel compelled to share my experiences […]

Backing up delicious bookmarks

December 16th, 2010

OK, it is not the end of the world yet, but a leaked screenshot of the latest Yahoo all-hands shows that delicious has no bright future in the company. So in order to preserve the years of work I put into this web service of awesome I am backing up my data. There are a […]

Newsletter

Check out the Dev Digest Newsletter I write every week for WeAreDevelopers.

160: Graphs and RAGs explained and VS Code extension hacks Graphs and RAG explained, how AI is reshaping UI and work, how to efficiently use Cursor, VS Code extensions security issues.
159: AI pipelines, 10x faster TypeScript, How to interview How to use LLMs to help you write code and how much electricity does that use? Is your API secure? 10x faster TypeScript thanks to Go!
158: 🕹️ Super Mario AI 🔑 API keys in LLMs 🤙🏾 Vibe Coding Why is AI playing Super Mario? How is hallucinating the least of our worries and what are rules for developing Safety Critical Code?
157: CUDA in Python, Gemini Code Assist and back-dooring LLMs We met with a CUDA expert from NVIDIA about the future of hardware, we look at how AI fails and how to play pong on 140 browser tabs.
156: Enterprise dead, all about Bluesky and React moves on! Learn about Bluesky as a platform, how to build a React App and how to speed up SQL. And play an impossible game in the browser.

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