Christian Heilmann

Hours of fun with Google Code Search

October 5th, 2006

As [link:http://www.kottke.org/06/10/google-code-search,Kottke.org informs us] the new [link:http://google.com/codesearch,Google Code Search] already unearthed a lot of interesting things, like WordPress logins, a key generator for Winzip and even something [link:http://www.google.com/codesearch?hl=en&lr=&q=spanish+inquisition&btnG=Search,totally unexpected] . Update: [link:http://blog.predius.org/2006/10/05/fucks-per-source-package-and-license/,Predius also analysed with the search how many f*cks per language and package are in use]. PHP a clear winner there.

WSG meetup about Microformats on 19th October in London

October 5th, 2006

Come to the Web Standards Group Microformats special on 19th of October at Westminster University’s New Cavendish Street Campus. (near Goodge Street tube station). It is free and there’ll be talk about Microformats and maybe beer afterwards. Sign up on upcoming.org if you want to go. Speaking at the event will be Drew McLellan, Jeremy […]

Accessibility in Trouble

October 5th, 2006

Mike Davies, esteemed colleague and one of the silent web workers that do a lot more than they talk about vented some steam on a series of blog posts where he analyzes what is amiss in the world of web accessibility called [link:http://www.isolani.co.uk/blog/access/AccessibilityInTrouble,Accessibility in Trouble]. It is a great read and I congratulate Mike on […]

Interview Podcast on Web Axe

October 4th, 2006

[link:http://checkengineusa.com/dennislembree/blog/?p=4,Dennis Lembree] and [link:http://www.3point7designs.com/blog,Ross Johnson] interviewed me yesterday for the latest [link:http://webaxe.blogspot.com/,Webaxe] podcast. I’ve talked a lot about my past, JavaScript, where I get inspiration, how I experienced distributed development, what I think of innerHTML and noscript, how I came to write a book, what writing a book means and lots more. The interview was […]

Silly Browser Trick: V for Firefox

October 3rd, 2006

A colleague just found this by chance: If you type “v” in the browser location on firefox and hit enter you’ll end up on the V for Vendetta homepage. Incidently I just bought the DVD and loved the movie to bits. But how does it work?

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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