Christian Heilmann

Accessibility mistakes we have all done

January 11th, 2006

I am currently writing up my follow up article for my digital web article 10 reasons why clients don’t care about accessibility aptly named “Seven habits of projects who fail to deliver accessibility”. In it I’ll be listing mistakes I have encountered and done which caused the final product to become less accessible than it […]

Free Scott Adams ebook

January 6th, 2006

Andrews and McMeel are giving out a free PDF copy of Scott Adams’ book ‘God’s Debris’. Allegedly the real book was hard to market, but worked out well enough. Scott Adams is most known for his Dilbert comics, but wrote some enjoyable full books, too. This one is not in the dilbert fashion, but a […]

Things Web Developers can learn from craftsmen part 1

December 31st, 2005

I spent Christmas at my parents’ and went through some of the old paperwork to see what can be ditched. One of the contracts I found dated 1996 and was my application to start a web design business. I remember clearly that back then the government agency dealing with new businesses asking me if “web […]

Samorost – A wonderfully designed time waster

December 24th, 2005

If you like puzzle games and want to see really cool rust/dirt/moss inspired designs with off-beat humour and a dash of drug induced ambient music check out Samorost and Samorost2. I spent the money on the full version and must say it really was worth it. I want more of their stuff! Tips & Tricks […]

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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