Christian Heilmann

Are you chicken or what? Ah yes, and I can be silly, too!

April 17th, 2007

Hey, seems like nobody is signing up for cubicgarden’s Powerpoint Karaoke (that is Powerpoint, Ian, not Power Point). I consider it a wonderfully stupid idea and I am game. In other news, I started a stupid new blog and flickr group. The idea was born when I pointed out to a friend that it is […]

New step by step article how to create a maintainable JavaScript slide show

April 10th, 2007

Following the workshop in Singapore I promised to send out a more detailed explanation how to create a simple slide show in JavaScript that can be fully maintained in HTML, redesigned in CSS and all dynamic labels changed without having to change the main script. The trick is once again separation, and if you care […]

Scriptless Day on 7th of July

April 9th, 2007

I just came across Scriptless Day via Twitter, which is something like CSS naked day but for JavaScripts. I had the same idea but didn’t bother as after me criticizing naked day I’d have appeared as a copycat. In essence scriptless day is a great idea as it should show that: web sites with properly […]

The business case for web standards – call for wiki participation

April 8th, 2007

I was rather shocked to go to Refresh Edinburgh and witness that the planned presentation “The Business Reasons for Web Standardsâ€? by John Sutherland was cut short because of me mentioning the failure of a lot of arguments when talking to enterprise level companies and managers in my Highland Fling presentation. It was not my […]

Refresh Edinburgh

April 7th, 2007

I am just sitting at Refresh Edinburgh listening to Dan Champion explaining his new book review site project. So far I am very much enjoying myself at Refresh Edinburgh. The location is very cozy and on the wacky side (massive Tuk Tuk in the room) and it generally feels like one of the meetings I […]

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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