Christian Heilmann

This is the time to be unpredictable and human

March 28th, 2023

I was just about to write a blog post on my current experiences in trying to find a new job. I wanted to write about the frustrations and how it feels ridiculous that developers and recruiters aren’t best friends. And then I remembered that Microsoft Edge now comes with a HUGE Bing icon that promised […]

WYSIWYGPT

March 24th, 2023

When GPT-4 was announced earlier this month, one of the demos made a massive splash: painting a web app on a napkin and getting the “AI” to create the HTML, CSS and JavaScript to make it work. This caused an avalanche of news items and blog posts calling “game over” for web developers and that […]

Looking for a new opportunity

March 21st, 2023

End of May will be my last day at Microsoft and I am actively looking for a new role. Thank you in advance for any connections, advice, or opportunities you can offer. What I am looking for: A technical lead role – CTO, Technical Director or Principal Product/Program Manager A team to work with and […]

ChatGPT is a game changer, but it could become a problem…

March 16th, 2023

As technology continues to advance, artificial intelligence (AI) is quickly becoming a game changer in many industries. Among the most promising AI applications is ChatGPT, a language model that has been hailed as a significant step forward in natural language processing. ChatGPT is based on the GPT-3.5 architecture, a model developed by machine learning expert […]

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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