Christian Heilmann articles - 150 total
Derpify.js – a tool for these trying times…
Derpify is a JavaScript method to randomly upper and lowercase letters
Learning HTML is the best investment I ever did
No matter how you build things for the web, in the end you ship HTML, so why not learn it?
trimMiddle() - the missing String trim method
Neither JavaScript nor CSS have a way to trim a string in the middle and insert a fill character like MacOS' Finder does. Here is an NPM method for it.
What’s your excuse for not using the web share API?
The web share API is a standard to provide buttons to share URLs or files
httpstat.us is a great service to test your APIs and scripts
Just discovered https://httpstat.us which returns a HTTP response you request. You can request by...
Movie industry facts
const Marvel = ['Lights','Camera','Action']; const DC = Marvel.slice(1); Enter fullscreen...
Quick tip: using flatMap() to extract data from a huge set without having to write a loop
I just created a massive dataset of all the AI generated metadata of the videos of the WeAreDeveloper...
No more "Expert, Intermediate, Beginner": Classifying talks in Call for Papers/Conference agendas
Expert, Intermediate and Beginner for talks in conferences is confusing and counterproductive. How about classifying them instead?
The best carb.js
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How we edited 175 conference videos in 5 hours
Last year editing the talks of our conference took a few months. This year, the conversion bit was done in about 5 hours. How? By using the power of … PHP!
Code puzzle - GSM-7 or UCS-2?
Twilio is sponsoring a CODE100 challenge and the main prize is a VIP ticket to the WeAreDevelopers World Congress
Giving your app a temporary public URL with VS Code port forwarding
Using port forwarding, you can give your app a public URL.
10 print chr$(205.5 + rnd(1));:goto 10 in JavaScript
A very old but cool one-liner in a newer language
A santa themed CODE100 puzzle - Hitting the chimney
I just finished another puzzle for the CODE100 competition and thought I make it Santa themed....
Cracking a "Developer Tools Killer" script…
People try to block you from using browser developer tools to inspect their pages. And fail.
Pangram validator in one line
Pangrams are sentences that contain all letters of the alphabet. Here is a one liner to validate them. Can you make it even shorter?
Want to have a crack at this Code 100 Puzzle?
Code100 is Europe's biggest coding competition. To see if you have what it takes, why not have a go at this puzzle?
Lossless Cut is my new favourite tool to cut parts from a video without any hassle
Lossless Cut is a tool to cut out parts of a video without having to re-encode.
Taking over the Dev Digest Newsletter
I am now in control of the Dev Digest newsletter of WeAreDevelopers
The 10 tools I install on every new Mac I get
Here's what I get started with when I install a new macbook
Podcast recording - great AI solutions need good and unique UX
Logrocket recorded a podcast with me talking about the need for good UX of AI solutions . It is...
Adding sound wave overlays to videos and pictures using FFMPEG
A quick tutorial how to use FFMPEG on the command line to create videos with sound wave overlays
Quick tip: Getting all links from any web site into a spreadsheet using browser developer tools
Using developer tools in the browser you can get all links of the current document into a spreadsheet with one line of code.
Add GitHub repository info, GitHub pages links and latest commits to any page using github-include
A web component to include GitHub repository links automatically by providing a link to it.
Adding a "share to mastodon" link to any web site
I just added a "share to mastodon" link to my blog at ChristianHeilmann.com. Ages ago I added a...
What’s my job in my new role as Director of DevRel at WeAreDevelopers?
With the World Congress out of the way, it is time to focus on my new role as Director of Developer...
In-context AI chat with GitHub Copilot
Using the CMD or Ctrl and I shortcut you can chat with AI using GitHub Copilot about a certain part of code. When you ask to modify the code, you get an inline code view.
Five things about public speaking
Master public speaking with expert tips on storytelling, combating nerves, talk preparation, presentation dos & don'ts. Get ready to captivate your audience!
Reading Tweets without being logged in
Use nitter.it instead of twitter.com to keep reading tweets without being logged in.
Is it too late to fix the problem of AI clutter on the web?
AI can generate a lot of stuff for us, but that doesn't mean we need to use it all.