Meiert

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Overview

I’m Jens Oliver Meiert, and I’m an engineering lead, guerrilla philosopher, and indie publisher. I specialize in the craft of frontend development, write tech and non-tech books, and love trying things out. Follow my work on meiert.com.

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Blog 3 months ago
Ethics in Tech Publishing: On Human Rights and the Middle East
On tech publishers platforming individuals tied to military institutions under investigation for war crimes, implicating the wider developer community and normalizing atrocities.
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Blog 3 months ago
Western Hypocrisy Is Western Supremacism
An argument against double standards, separation, and a hierarchy of worth.
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Blog 3 months ago
Maybe the "Webmaster" Isn't Dead After All
On AI and an all-encompassing role in modern web development.
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News meiert.com 5 months ago
A Short Guide to Minimal Web Development Jens Oliver Meiert
There's an art and even a bit of magic around simple frontend code. Writing such code comes with a few preconditions: perhaps a firm understanding of core technologies, a lot of practice, public scrutiny, and then some. Thoughts.
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News meiert.com 7 months ago
AI Will Never Be Ethical or Safe Jens Oliver Meiert
On the importance, unknowability, and unignorability of context and intent.
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News meiert.com 8 months ago
Releasing .htaccess Punk-a Quick Helper to Check Redirects in .htaccess Files Jens Oliver Meiert
Have you checked your .htaccess on broken redirects today?
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News meiert.com 10 months ago
Optional HTML: Everything You Need to Know Jens Oliver Meiert
Optional HTML can be left out to improve performance, to guide code comprehension, and to hone the craft. An overview over all optional tags, rules around quotes for attribute values, and omissible attribute value defaults, as well as notes on pitfalls an
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News meiert.com 11 months ago
A Minimal CSS Starter Jens Oliver Meiert
What would you include in a CSS starter, as a CSS minimalist? Submitting not a reset-yet perhaps five and a half surgical tweaks.
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