Jens Oliver Meiert

Frontend engineering leader (e.g., Google, Miro) and tech author/publisher (@OReillyMedia, @frontenddogma)

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2024-12-30 17:40:23

The Top 5 posts on meiert.com in 2024 ⏱
① 0.5% of the Global Top 200 Websites Use #Valid #HTML: https://meiert.com/en/blog/html-conformance-2024/
② 8 #AI #Tips for Web Developers: https://meiert.com/en/blog/ai-tips-for-web-developers/
③ What Is HTML #Optimization? https://meiert.com/en/blog/what-is-html-optimization/
④ The #CSS #Reset Contradiction: https://meiert.com/en/blog/the-css-reset-contradiction/
⑤ Everyone Can Set You Up for #Failure: https://meiert.com/en/blog/set-up-for-success/
(More: https://meiert.com/en/blog/popular/#toc-2024)
Thank you for reading and sharing and otherwise supporting my work! Have a great start into the new year! 🛸

2024-12-24 11:43:25

A little holiday gift! 🎁
I’m giving away 10 copies of “The Web Development Glossary” (first come, first served):
https://j9t.gumroad.com/l/wdg-3k/holidays2024
(The book receives updates, and always before https://webglossary.info does.)
Happy holidays!
#webdevglossary #webdev #learning

2024-12-05 16:00:57

@nprofile…xq7g, ahhh distract one vote for `data-xy-list` please—I just voted for my own *favorite* 😬

2024-11-21 10:09:07

The CSS Reset Contradiction:
I wrote another article for SitePoint, about CSS resets and what I think we miss in our conversations: Notably, what are the premises? What’s the reality—or are the realities? And, how could we also approach resets?
https://www.sitepoint.com/css-reset-contradiction/
#css #resets

2024-11-10 17:08:29

When You Are Rich:
On what you do as a person who is very rich.
https://meiert.com/en/blog/when-you-are-rich/
#riches #wealth #responsibility

2024-11-03 14:12:45

Few things make my blood boil as fast as when companies lay off people because their *profits* shrank.
That’s one of the most pathetic and reckless reasons to affect other people’s lives.
Laying off people should generally be the last option, not the first.
I’m not much calmed by the fact that companies inherit increasingly consternated and disloyal workforces in return.
#business #culture #responsibility

2024-10-30 14:53:02

I really enjoy and recommend Abi Noda’s “Engineering Enablement” column (which is regularly included and featured on @npub1djz…4t44).
Today’s edition captures really well (i.e., matches what I’ve learned) where AI can help us and our orgs, and where there are limitations:
https://newsletter.getdx.com/p/2024-dora-report
#ai #productivity #engineering
https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/113/396/935/586/327/708/original/8de1d63233d6e8f1.png

2024-10-30 12:50:07

The Image Compression Challenge (Donating Money for Excess-Free Projects):
Here’s a frontend challenge. Run an image compression tool capable of near-losslessly compressing PNG, JPG, GIF, WebP, and AVIF images over one of your main projects. Share if nothing could be compressed. I donate money for each of such projects.
https://meiert.com/en/blog/the-image-compression-challenge/
#images #compression #performance #ux

2024-10-13 13:16:24

Both Web Development Glossary ebook and website just received a significant update:
Apart from updated definitions, there are also a few dozen additional terms (now 3,787!).
Try the book or the site—and if you want to learn a little every day, follow @npub1rwd…4fyn for daily web dev terms 💡
https://webglossary.info/
#webdev #webdevglossary

2024-09-13 18:54:38

It seems there’s some integration (user handles being resolved as links) with Bluesky and Threads, but… I cannot reproduce it. Is this an instance thing, that some instances allow federation and others don’t?
Also, it doesn’t seem Bluesky does the same, i.e. Mastodon user names would not be linked.
Am I missing something, is this work in progress, did I run into some exceptions? Anything to read up on or follow?
#mastodon #bluesky #threads

2024-09-11 15:50:12

2024: 0.5% of the Global Top 200 Websites Use Valid HTML:
The annual HTML conformance analysis, validating 200 home pages of the most popular websites. Despite improvements, there is no signal of commitment to valid output as a quality baseline to benefit end users as well as web development as a profession.
https://meiert.com/en/blog/html-conformance-2024/
#html #conformance #validation #craft

2024-09-05 16:57:49

The HTML History and Optimization Cheat Sheet:
Compare elements and specifications, check on void elements and optional tags.
(Direct link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10Lko1HHsRT6GVfvNY2KbUexybNTAnk0S86OIl0MZjTs/edit)
https://meiert.com/en/blog/html-cheat-sheet/
#html #optimization

2024-07-08 18:27:56

3 Good Reasons for Vegan and Vegetarian “Substitute” Products:
On acknowledging forms, maintaining connection, and making it easier to live empathically and sustainably.
https://meiert.com/en/blog/substitution/
#vegan #vegetarian #empathy #sustainability

2024-07-08 16:12:57

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@npub1f6a…pnql, super-awesome…!
Does it work for you if we continue by email? Where could I best follow up?

2024-06-30 15:15:18

The Essence of Veganism:
On not having anyone suffer or die for us.
https://meiert.com/en/blog/the-essence-of-veganism/
#vegan #veganism #empathy

2024-06-13 10:28:39

So much love and respect for everyone who builds and runs their own website.
There’s just so much to ❤️ about handmade websites. Not the “same old” ones that use a standard CMS with a standard theme, or a common framework with their standard designs, but the sites where someone sat down and architected and built the design (and perhaps all of it) themselves.
That’s the Web, and that Web is awesome.
(Really, no matter how it even looks.)

2024-05-23 18:51:16

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@npub12ze…hunm, fortunately I can still re-download the books! (Hundreds, but at least. I hope that was generally clear in the post.)

2024-05-23 17:49:01

When Amazon Just Wipes Your Entire Device Ebook Library:
How to manage to scare away the most loyal customers.
https://meiert.com/en/blog/amazon-kindle-device-library-wipe/
#amazon #kindle

2024-05-04 12:44:43

Waste resources and pollute the environment to produce a substitute for something that is good for the environment? That *is* the environment?
Mankind: Why don’t you buy this plastic plant.