Christian Heilmann

Dear JavaScript Library Developers…

December 11th, 2006

After spending about three weeks finishing a chapter of the upcoming book introducing JavaScript libraries to non-developers I was quite amazed how tough it is at times to use different libraries. It was frustrating putting together a set of example scripts for several effects for the oddest reasons, which is why I am now publishing […]

Being silly with \”web2.0\” logos

December 6th, 2006

I don’t know what bit me but I had to have a go at some logos of the very much mentioned companies of any web standards talk in the last year: Any other that spring to mind? If you’ve done one, just add it to the spoof20 flickr pool

Easy flickr integration article on 24ways and webkrauts

December 3rd, 2006

Both 24 ways and the German Webkrauts Advent Calendar released my submissions for this year tonight. So, if you ever wanted to know a quick and esy way to integrate flickr photos in your site without a server side component go and have a read.

Inaccessible by design – the dollar bill

November 29th, 2006

Interesting court case in terms of accessibility: A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. Treasury Department is violating the law by failing to design and issue currency that is readily distinguishable to blind and visually impaired people. Judge James Robertson, in a ruling on a suit by the American Council of the Blind, ordered […]

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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