Christian Heilmann

Quick reminder: HTML5 required and pattern are not a security feature

September 22nd, 2022

Using the required and/or pattern attribute on HTML input elements stops users from submitting forms with invalid values, but you can work around that using the Console tool. In HTML5, you can provide a `required` attribute to ensure a certain field has been filled out before a form can be sent off.

Celebrating 1M installs of Edge DevTools for VS Code

September 15th, 2022

The Edge DevTools for Visual Studio Code extension has over 1M downloads, time to recap a bit how it came to be When I started my current role in Microsoft one thing that ailed me was that the browser developer tools are great for debugging, but they aren’t changing the original code. It is quickly […]

Quick tip: embedding YouTube Videos in GitHub pages

September 14th, 2022

GitHub Pages is a great way to host some of your content online. All you need to do is to write some markdown files and tell GitHub to create it as a page. The problem is that you can’t just add some HTML into your markdown to – for example – embed a YouTube video. […]

Automatic issue fixing and filtering in Visual Studio Code

September 9th, 2022

Using the Microsoft Edge DevTools for VS Code extension you get live analysis of your code and information about problems with accessibility, compatibiliity, security and performance. One highly requested feature was to automatically fix issues or allow users to never report a certain issue again. This is now part of the extension since version 2.1.1. […]

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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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