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Christian Heilmann

That JavaScript/Browser guy who worked at Microsoft, Mozilla and Yahoo.

Location Berlin, Germany Joined Joined on  Personal website https://christianheilmann.com github website twitter website

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What’s your excuse for not using the web share API?

What’s your excuse for not using the web share API?

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httpstat.us is a great service to test your APIs and scripts

httpstat.us is a great service to test your APIs and scripts

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Movie industry facts

Movie industry facts

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Quick tip: using flatMap() to extract data from a huge set without having to write a loop

Quick tip: using flatMap() to extract data from a huge set without having to write a loop

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No more "Expert, Intermediate, Beginner": Classifying talks in Call for Papers/Conference agendas

No more "Expert, Intermediate, Beginner": Classifying talks in Call for Papers/Conference agendas

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The best carb.js

The best carb.js

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How we edited 175 conference videos in 5 hours

How we edited 175 conference videos in 5 hours

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Code puzzle - GSM-7 or UCS-2?

Code puzzle - GSM-7 or UCS-2?

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Giving your app a temporary public URL with VS Code port forwarding

Giving your app a temporary public URL with VS Code port forwarding

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10 print chr$(205.5 + rnd(1));:goto 10 in JavaScript

10 print chr$(205.5 + rnd(1));:goto 10 in JavaScript

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A santa themed CODE100 puzzle - Hitting the chimney

A santa themed CODE100 puzzle - Hitting the chimney

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Cracking a "Developer Tools Killer" script…

Cracking a "Developer Tools Killer" script…

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Pangram validator in one line

Pangram validator in one line

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Want to have a crack at this Code 100 Puzzle?

Want to have a crack at this Code 100 Puzzle?

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Lossless Cut is my new favourite tool to cut parts from a video without any hassle

Lossless Cut is my new favourite tool to cut parts from a video without any hassle

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Taking over the Dev Digest Newsletter

Taking over the Dev Digest Newsletter

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The 10 tools I install on every new Mac I get

The 10 tools I install on every new Mac I get

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Podcast recording - great AI solutions need good and unique UX

Podcast recording - great AI solutions need good and unique UX

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Adding sound wave overlays to videos and pictures using FFMPEG

Adding sound wave overlays to videos and pictures using FFMPEG

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Quick tip: Getting all links from any web site into a spreadsheet using browser developer tools

Quick tip: Getting all links from any web site into a spreadsheet using browser developer tools

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Add GitHub repository info, GitHub pages links and latest commits to any page using github-include

Add GitHub repository info, GitHub pages links and latest commits to any page using github-include

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Adding a "share to mastodon" link to any web site

Adding a "share to mastodon" link to any web site

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What’s my job in my new role as Director of DevRel at WeAreDevelopers?

What’s my job in my new role as Director of DevRel at WeAreDevelopers?

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In-context AI chat with GitHub Copilot

In-context AI chat with GitHub Copilot

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Five things about public speaking

Five things about public speaking

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Reading Tweets without being logged in

Reading Tweets without being logged in

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Is it too late to fix the problem of AI clutter on the web?

Is it too late to fix the problem of AI clutter on the web?

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Turning the screw with AI - ways for developer advocates to debunk the "AI can replace developers" myth

Turning the screw with AI - ways for developer advocates to debunk the "AI can replace developers" myth

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Simplifying developer environments with AI and in-context automation

Simplifying developer environments with AI and in-context automation

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New array methods in JavaScript bring immutability

New array methods in JavaScript bring immutability

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The many ways to select the n-th character from a string.

The many ways to select the n-th character from a string.

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Nobody thrives on rejection - here are reasons I didn't take job offers

Nobody thrives on rejection - here are reasons I didn't take job offers

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PrivateGPT - Running "ChatGPT" offline on local documents

PrivateGPT - Running "ChatGPT" offline on local documents

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I just did a test to apply as a front end developer – and things aren’t going well

I just did a test to apply as a front end developer – and things aren’t going well

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Developer Tools That Shouldn't Be Secrets - Video

Developer Tools That Shouldn't Be Secrets - Video

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The ongoing defence of frontend as a full-time job

The ongoing defence of frontend as a full-time job

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Here is where developers perish…

Here is where developers perish…

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MS Edge now allows you to simulate dark, light, high contrast mode, blurred vision and colour deficiencies in Device Emulation

MS Edge now allows you to simulate dark, light, high contrast mode, blurred vision and colour deficiencies in Device Emulation

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Upgrading our CSS habits: aspect-ratio

Upgrading our CSS habits: aspect-ratio

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GitHub Copilot for Docs – putting the “fun” into RTFM

GitHub Copilot for Docs – putting the “fun” into RTFM

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Review: Video Tap - automatically convert YouTube videos to blog posts

Review: Video Tap - automatically convert YouTube videos to blog posts

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The Future of Senior Developers in an AI-Driven World

The Future of Senior Developers in an AI-Driven World

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Modern Web Development: Centering DIVs in new exciting wrong ways with AI!

Modern Web Development: Centering DIVs in new exciting wrong ways with AI!

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GitHub Copilot for CLI makes Terminal scripting and Git as easy as asking a question

GitHub Copilot for CLI makes Terminal scripting and Git as easy as asking a question

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This is the time to be unpredictable and human

This is the time to be unpredictable and human

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Linkshare - a GitHub Pages template to store links and share them on social media

Linkshare - a GitHub Pages template to store links and share them on social media

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Continuous growth is cancer

Continuous growth is cancer

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GitHub CoPilot now also generates tests for functions

GitHub CoPilot now also generates tests for functions

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An easy way to copy + paste from the browser Console #shorts

An easy way to copy + paste from the browser Console #shorts

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MacOS can remove backgrounds from images

MacOS can remove backgrounds from images

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Releasing code in large corporations is slow - and there is a good reason for it

Releasing code in large corporations is slow - and there is a good reason for it

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Things to do and not to do during a wave of tech layoffs

Things to do and not to do during a wave of tech layoffs

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Web resilience is about users - not a shortcut for developers

Web resilience is about users - not a shortcut for developers

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Getting all the video thumbnails from a YouTube video

Getting all the video thumbnails from a YouTube video

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Microdosing burnout – on working remote and in a different time zone

Microdosing burnout – on working remote and in a different time zone

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Code brushes for GitHub Copilot

Code brushes for GitHub Copilot

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Opening Node developer tools just got easier

Opening Node developer tools just got easier

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Quick VS Code tip: skip selections when using Ctrl|Cmd + D

Quick VS Code tip: skip selections when using Ctrl|Cmd + D

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Stop waiting for GitHub pages to build using overrides

Stop waiting for GitHub pages to build using overrides

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Positioning notification messages with accessibility in mind

Positioning notification messages with accessibility in mind

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