Maybe the “Webmaster” Isn’t Dead After All: On AI and an all-encompassing role in modern web development.
Maybe the “Webmaster” Isn’t Dead After All
On AI and an all-encompassing role in modern web development.
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Jens Oliver Meiert
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Engineering lead, anti-extractivist, indie publisher—e.g., @frontenddogma.com, @webglossary.info, https://theothermanifesto.org/. More: https://mas.to/@j9t, https://meiert.com/.
CSS: Deduplicate and Speed Up Your Style Sheets With CSS Dedup: On an old CSS optimization technique that is non-trivial to automate but for which there’s a new tool.
CSS: Deduplicate and Speed Up Your Style Sheets With CSS Dedup
On an old CSS optimization technique that is non-trivial to automate but for which there’s a new tool.
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Exploring or researching web development topics? @frontenddogma.com now comes with a refined filter that suggests tags, making it easier to explore tag families. Try it out: frontenddogma.com/topics/filte... #webdev
AraOwl—Test Your Web Knowledge, by @schalkneethling@social.themyceliumnetwork.community: https://araowl.schalkneethling.com/?ref=frontenddogma.com #websites #quizzes #webplatform #mdn
AraOwl — Test your web knowledge
Test and sharpen your web platform knowledge with AraOwl — quizzes built from MDN Web Docs that work fully offline as an installable app.
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14 Tips for Working and Developing With AI: From guarding our professional expertise to rethinking processes, some advice for using LLMs effectively and responsibly.
14 Tips for Working and Developing With AI
From guarding our professional expertise to rethinking processes, some advice for using LLMs effectively and responsibly.
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Exploring or researching web development topics? @frontenddogma.com now comes with a refined filter that suggests tags, making it easier to explore tag families. Try it out: frontenddogma.com/topics/filte... #webdev
Sanctions Against Israel and the US—and an International Military Mission to End Israeli Colonization and Warmongering: Or, why the West needs help.
Sanctions Against Israel and the US—and an International Military Mission to End Israeli Colonization and Warmongering
Or, why the West needs help.
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From the archives: Freedom = ƒ(Money)?: meiert.com/blog/freedom... #philosophy #politics #freedom #money
Freedom = ƒ(Money)? · Jens Oliver Meiert
No, this question is not new. However it’s one I want to ponder with you because it much seems like something truly terrible has happened over the centuries.
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Releasing Feed Ghost, a Dual-Purpose Web Tool to Access and Subscribe to Feeds via the Internet Archive: Are there RSS/Atom feeds of sources you mistrust but need to check or follow?
Releasing Feed Ghost, a Dual-Purpose Web Tool to Access and Subscribe to Feeds via the Internet Archive
Are there RSS/Atom feeds of sources you mistrust but need to check or follow?
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If you want to know where The Web Development Glossary is *lacking*, look no further than the next missing-terms omnibus 🔍 github.com/frontenddogm... For what it does explain, check out webglossary.info – or the irregularly updated ebook, which gets new terms first. #webdev #webdevglossary
Add additional terms · Issue #21 · frontenddogma/web-development-glossary-forum
String for WDG4 (WDG–5K): ADC → Application delivery controller ai.txt AISO → AI search optimization Agile Fluency Project B-tree Blogroll CLA → Contributor license agreement color-scheme [context]...
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Syntax Highlighting: No Extra HTML for Code Blocks via Custom Highlights API and syntaxp: Keeping it simple where it affects your code and your users.
Syntax Highlighting: No Extra HTML for Code Blocks via Custom Highlights API and syntaxp
Keeping it simple where it affects your code and your users.
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14 Tips for Working and Developing With AI: From guarding our professional expertise to rethinking processes, some advice for using LLMs effectively and responsibly.
14 Tips for Working and Developing With AI
From guarding our professional expertise to rethinking processes, some advice for using LLMs effectively and responsibly.
meiert.com
Decoy Font, by (not on Mastodon or Bluesky): https://www.mixfont.com/experiments/decoy-font?ref=frontenddogma.com #fonts #ttf #ai
Decoy Font: A TTF font that hides what you type
Decoy Font combines every letter with a decoy, making it harder for AI to read what you type. Type a message to try it out or download the TTF directly.
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What Just Happened to TheNumbers.com Should Worry Us All, by @stephenfollows.com: https://stephenfollows.com/p/what-just-happened-to-thenumberscom-should-worry-us-all?ref=frontenddogma.com #ai #bots #scraping #traffic #metrics
What just happened to TheNumbers.com should worry us all
If you work in or around the film industry, there is a decent chance you have used the work of The Numbers this month, whether you realise it or not.
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New to HTML? In a little HTML special, Geom and I provide a 3-title ebook bundle containing * Learn HTML in 14 Days * Rote Learning HTML & CSS * Upgrade Your HTML V for just $9.99, over at @leanpub.bsky.social! leanpub.com/b/html-quick... #html
HTML Quick Start
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From the archives: Object-Oriented HTML, and OOCSS: meiert.com/blog/object-... #html #css #oocss #oop
Object-Oriented HTML, and OOCSS · Jens Oliver Meiert
“Object-oriented CSS” is the idea of treating page elements as objects, giving all these objects classes, treating objects’ classes as single entities in style sheets, and taking it from there. I revi...
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Syntax Highlighting: No Extra HTML for Code Blocks via Custom Highlights API and syntaxp: Keeping it simple where it affects your code and your users.
Syntax Highlighting: No Extra HTML for Code Blocks via Custom Highlights API and syntaxp
Keeping it simple where it affects your code and your users.
meiert.com
New to HTML? In a little HTML special, Geom and I provide a 3-title ebook bundle containing * Learn HTML in 14 Days * Rote Learning HTML & CSS * Upgrade Your HTML V for just $9.99, over at @leanpub.bsky.social! leanpub.com/b/html-quick... #html
HTML Quick Start
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HTML Minifier Next: JSON Schema, Cache Statistics, Default Config File: An update on the latest changes on the super-configurable web page minifier.
HTML Minifier Next: JSON Schema, Cache Statistics, Default Config File
An update on the latest changes on the super-configurable web page minifier.
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Sneak preview: If you can’t wait, either, to finally use the Custom Highlight API for simpler syntax highlighting, try syntaxp! It’s similar to Prism and highlight.js but intentionally keeps some things very simple: github.com/j9t/syntaxp #css #syntaxhighlighting #simplicity #prism #highlightjs
HTML Minifier Next: JSON Schema, Cache Statistics, Default Config File: An update on the latest changes on the super-configurable web page minifier.
HTML Minifier Next: JSON Schema, Cache Statistics, Default Config File
An update on the latest changes on the super-configurable web page minifier.
meiert.com
Sneak preview: If you can’t wait, either, to finally use the Custom Highlight API for simpler syntax highlighting, try syntaxp! It’s similar to Prism and highlight.js but intentionally keeps some things very simple: github.com/j9t/syntaxp #css #syntaxhighlighting #simplicity #prism #highlightjs
Israel, the United States, and Their European Clients vs. the European People: European leadership continues to back the violence against Palestinians (and other Muslim people), ignoring the clear and documented opposition of its own citizens.
Israel, the United States, and Their European Clients vs. the European People
European leadership continues to back the violence against Palestinians (and other Muslim people), ignoring the clear and documented opposition of its own citizens.
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CSS: Deduplicate and Speed Up Your Style Sheets With CSS Dedup: On an old CSS optimization technique that is non-trivial to automate but for which there’s a new tool.
CSS: Deduplicate and Speed Up Your Style Sheets With CSS Dedup
On an old CSS optimization technique that is non-trivial to automate but for which there’s a new tool.
meiert.com
AI and HTML: Validating, Omitting Optional Code, and Minifying as Token Optimization: Producing valid, minimal, and minified HTML aren’t just frontend development best practices—they’re also a token optimization strategy. On HTML optimization coming with new incentives.
AI and HTML: Validating, Omitting Optional Code, and Minifying as Token Optimization
Producing valid, minimal, and minified HTML aren’t just frontend development best practices—they’re also a token optimization strategy. On HTML optimization coming with new incentives.
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Website Optimization Measures, Part XXXVIII: On indentation, repo architecture, Twitter/X support, llms.txt, email address escaping, GitHub workflows, Dependabot configs, and test triggers.
Website Optimization Measures, Part XXXVIII
On indentation, repo architecture, Twitter/X support, llms.txt, email address escaping, GitHub workflows, Dependabot configs, and test triggers.
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The Web Development Glossary 4K: Introducing the latest edition of <cite>The Web Development Glossary</cite>, featuring updated definitions and nearly 1,000 additional terms. A must for anyone looking to navigate the web ecosystem and fill in gaps they never knew existed.
The Web Development Glossary 4K
Introducing the latest edition of <cite>The Web Development Glossary</cite>, featuring updated definitions and nearly 1,000 additional terms. A must for anyone looking to navigate the web ecosystem and fill in gaps they never knew existed.
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AWAGAM: Easier Importing and Sharing of Blocklists With Bundles: Extending the TLD, domain, and URL blocker.
AWAGAM: Easier Importing and Sharing of Blocklists With Bundles
Extending the TLD, domain, and URL blocker.
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