Christian Heilmann

Getting all the video thumbnails from a YouTube video

January 11th, 2023

I just wrote myself a small tool to get all the thumbnail images available for a YouTube video. Say you have a Youtube URL, the ID is the last part: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDukVqBDd3Q, in this case “GDukVqBDd3Q”. Just copy this into the tool and you will get all the images available. You can choose to get JPG […]

ChatGPT will not replace programmers, but Search Engines should be worried

December 23rd, 2022

Unless you’ve lived under a rock, you probably heard of ChatGPT, OpenAI wunderkind chat bot that seemingly gives answers to any problem you throw at it. Of course people fed it with lots of programming questions and it yielded great results. This, once again, sparked a big discussion if “AI” could replace developers. I don’t […]

The (very) short story of “Ideasoft”

December 22nd, 2022

When I was a kid, access to computers was at a premium. We had a few in school, and there were department stores that had them on display. You could do whatever you wanted with those, as the sales people in the store had no idea what they are or do (think Best Buy but […]

Microdosing burnout – on working remote and in a different time zone

December 19th, 2022

I’ve been working remotely in the EU for US companies for the last 15 years. On paper, this sounds like an excellent gig. You get the salaries and bleeding edge work of a US employee but you also get the job security that comes with a European contract. If used correctly, an 8-9 hour time […]

What’s new in DevTools 108 video and blooper reel

December 16th, 2022

Whenever we release a new (stable channel) version of Microsoft Edge, we also create a short video showing all the new features. This time in 108, it was my job to record it and it features my glorious flat and a Kurzgesagt hoodie. You can see it in the browser or on the Microsoft Edge […]

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