Christian Heilmann

One reason why a lot of web design magazine articles just don\’t deliver

May 31st, 2007

Update: This post was discussed in the latest .net magazine podcast and there are some updates to this available in this post. As those of you who follow the ol’ ink on dead tree technology channels know I am writing articles for paper magazines from time to time. I’ve done this less and less lately, […]

Should form field values that are numbers be right or left aligned?

May 30th, 2007

I just had an ex-colleague ask me this question and I couldn’t find any research on this matter. There is a lot on the alignment of labels in conjunction with form fields but nothing on the alignment of the value inside the field. I chatted quickly with Luke Wroblewski about it (one perk of working […]

Launchy changed my work-life!

May 26th, 2007

I always thought the only application that does make Windows worth my while was Total Commander but not I found something that is so amazingly handy it should ship with Windows. Launchy is an open source app that allows you to jump to any app or document by pressing alt+space and typing its name. Mac […]

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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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