Christian Heilmann

The myth of Common Knowledge

September 29th, 2006

Recently I have discovered a really sad pattern of behaviour in the webdevelopment world and its communication channels (blogs, mailing lists, forums, IM): People don’t share information as they are afraid that it may sound too trivial, not relevant or has been discussed to death already. This is happening in companies, too: new developers hold […]

Massive Bug in Google Maps!

September 28th, 2006

[link:http://muffinresearch.co.uk,Stuart Colville,colleague friend] just sent me proof for a massive bug in Google Maps! Check it out for yourself! In case it is fixed, [link:http://www.flickr.com/photos/codepo8/254987103/,here’s my flickr copy].

So address tags are rubbish for microformat hCards?

September 27th, 2006

Did I mention that you learn something new every day? I just answered a question on CSS discuss about styling BR elements in andADDRESS element (don’t ask) and got all microformaty by offering spans inside the address with all kind of [link:http://microformats.org/wiki/hcard,hCard] goodness as the solution. I thought I was in the know as even […]

Greenpeace target Apple

September 27th, 2006

Greenpeace [link:http://www.greenpeace.org/apple/,released a web site targeted at Apple] to make the company use more eco-friendly materials, create a greener Apple or even offer [link:http://www.dell.com/recycle,recycling facilities like Dell does]. Let’s see if they get sued for using that menu.

I got my laptop stolen yesterday night

September 26th, 2006

During a substandards meeting. I am really really down and annoyed about this, especially as I had half a chapter of the new book and a lot of photos on it that were not on flickr yet. I was also really annoyed that the police expects you to go to the next police station to […]

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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