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Jens Oliver Meiert

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Engineering lead, anti-extractivist, indie publisher—e.g., @frontenddogma.com, @webglossary.info, theothermanifesto.org. More: mas.to/@j9t, meiert.com.

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Frontend Dogma @frontenddogma.com · 9h
The Death of Web Development Education, by @molily@mastodon.social: molily.de/web-dev-education/?ref=fr… #web #training #ai #economics
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The death of web development education
Rescuing a field from disappearing
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Jens Oliver Meiert @meiert.com · 29/09/2026
The AWAGAM Request Blocker, Now Available on Android: A DNS-based solution to use your blocklists also on your mobile.
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The AWAGAM Request Blocker, Now Available on Android
A DNS-based solution to use your blocklists also on your mobile.
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Jens Oliver Meiert @meiert.com · 17/09/2026
On Respect and Gratitude in Open Source: How a project treats its contributors says more than its code. A note on the basics we’re skipping—and what it’s costing us.
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On Respect and Gratitude in Open Source
How a project treats its contributors says more than its code. A note on the basics we’re skipping—and what it’s costing us.
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Jens Oliver Meiert @meiert.com · 10/09/2026
2026: 2 of the Global Top 200 Websites Use Valid HTML: Among websites, being part of the 1% is a good thing—the latest findings from the annual study about the most important and simultaneously most difficult language in the world.
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2026: 2 of the Global Top 200 Websites Use Valid HTML
Among websites, being part of the 1% is a good thing—the latest findings from the annual study about the most important and simultaneously most difficult language in the world.
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Jens Oliver Meiert @meiert.com · 28/09/2026
Spontaneous maintainer-to-maintainer kudos for Kirill Maltsev: If you want a versatile, effective web page minifier, I’ll be mad if you don’t test HTML Minifier Next—but you should definitely try out htmlnano, too! www.npmjs.com/package/html... #html #css #javascript #minification #optimization
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Frontend Dogma @frontenddogma.com · 28/09/2026
We Must Pace the Frontier, by (not on Mastodon or Bluesky): darioamodei.com/post/we-must-pace-t… #ai
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Dario Amodei — We Must Pace the Frontier
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Jens Oliver Meiert @meiert.com · 28/09/2026
2000s web development: “I take pride in producing standards compliant HTML.” This attitude would have been so great to keep. web.archive.org/web/20060616... #html #conformance #craft
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Interesource Blogs: Priority 4: June 2006: Is standards compliant HTML really necessary?
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Jens Oliver Meiert @meiert.com · 16/08/2026
How to Kill Fascism: Fascism’s unifying idea also carries its death.
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How to Kill Fascism
Fascism’s unifying idea also carries its death.
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Jens Oliver Meiert @meiert.com · 26/09/2026
I’m Giving Up on Outreach to Parties and Governments: Why I’m abandoning direct political outreach, and what silence and inaction from leaders reveals about Europe’s path forward.
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I’m Giving Up on Outreach to Parties and Governments
Why I’m abandoning direct political outreach, and what silence and inaction from leaders reveals about Europe’s path forward.
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Jens Oliver Meiert @meiert.com · 25/09/2026
Make it harder to analyze your surf or search behavior with two Chromium-based defense tools: 1️⃣ New Tab Traffic Randomizer: iadefensa.com/solutions/ne... 2️⃣ Searcher: iadefensa.com/solutions/se... No data collection, no Israel or US ties, no tech bros. #privacy #digitaldefense #tooling
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New Tab Traffic Randomizer Chromium · IA Defensa
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Jens Oliver Meiert @meiert.com · 23/09/2026
On the Engineering Philosophy for HTML Minifier Next: Maximum effectiveness, up-to-date dependencies, and no fear of major releases: the three guiding tenets behind HTML Minifier Next.
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On the Engineering Philosophy for HTML Minifier Next
Maximum effectiveness, up-to-date dependencies, and no fear of major releases: the three guiding tenets behind HTML Minifier Next.
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Frontend Dogma @frontenddogma.com · 23/09/2026
New in Chrome 154: Iframes That Automatically Resize Themselves to Their Content, by @bramus@front-end.social: www.bram.us/2026/09/23/responsive-i… #iframes #chrome #browsers
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New in Chrome 154: iframes that automatically resize themselves to their content
Chrome 154 adds support for responsively-sized iframes, letting an <iframe> size itself based on the intrinsic size of its embedded document. This is perfect for seamlessly embedding third-party comment widgets, varying-height social media embeds, or any other type of embed that uses an <iframe>.
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Jens Oliver Meiert @meiert.com · 24/09/2026
Need to read up on the history and the latest on CSS functions? Combining tags on Frontend Dogma should give you more to work with than a search: frontenddogma.com/topics/filte... #css #functions
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Topics Filter/Combinator · Frontend Dogma
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Jens Oliver Meiert @meiert.com · 23/09/2026
From the archives: The Secret of Maintainability: meiert.com/blog/maintai... #maintainability
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The Secret of Maintainability · Jens Oliver Meiert
Keep it simple.
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Jens Oliver Meiert @meiert.com · 23/09/2026
On the Engineering Philosophy for HTML Minifier Next: Maximum effectiveness, up-to-date dependencies, and no fear of major releases: the three guiding tenets behind HTML Minifier Next.
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On the Engineering Philosophy for HTML Minifier Next
Maximum effectiveness, up-to-date dependencies, and no fear of major releases: the three guiding tenets behind HTML Minifier Next.
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Frontend Dogma @frontenddogma.com · 20/09/2026
For Review: WCAG 3 Working Draft—September 2026, by @w3c@w3c.social: lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public… #discussions #wcag #standards #accessibility
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For Review: WCAG 3 Working Draft — September 2026 from Shawn Lawton Henry on 2026-09-10 (public-wai-announce@w3.org from July to September 2026)
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Jens Oliver Meiert @meiert.com · 21/09/2026
Web developer with frontend specialization? This is the ebook bundle for you: Strengthen your foundation, broaden your understanding, and fine-tune your school of web development with this great collection of books on the most exciting field in IT! leanpub.com/b/web-develo... #webdev #html #css
leanpub.com
The Web Development Super Bundle
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Jens Oliver Meiert @meiert.com · 20/09/2026
Every Place That Sells Food Should Offer a Vegan Option: Almost everyone can eat vegan food—yet vegans can’t count on getting any. Thoughts on why that’s backwards, and the obvious fix.
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Every Place That Sells Food Should Offer a Vegan Option
Almost everyone can eat vegan food—yet vegans can’t count on getting any. Thoughts on why that’s backwards, and the obvious fix.
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Jens Oliver Meiert @meiert.com · 19/09/2026
From the archives: Genocide Dilemma: meiert.com/blog/genocid... #genocide
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Genocide Dilemma · Jens Oliver Meiert
On what it means that we’re still committing and accepting genocides.
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Frontend Dogma @frontenddogma.com · 18/09/2026
What Is the Best Web Page Minifier in 2026?, by @apollinelaurent@mastodon.social: webdevbelgium.wordpress.com/2026/08… #html #minification #tooling #htmlminifier #htmlnano
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What is the best web page minifier in 2026?
Summary: You want HTML Minifier Next or SWC/HTML. You probably use a web page minifier for your development work – a tool that removes superfluous characters and code from HTML (and usually i…
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Jens Oliver Meiert @meiert.com · 17/09/2026
On Respect and Gratitude in Open Source: How a project treats its contributors says more than its code. A note on the basics we’re skipping—and what it’s costing us.
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On Respect and Gratitude in Open Source
How a project treats its contributors says more than its code. A note on the basics we’re skipping—and what it’s costing us.
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Jens Oliver Meiert @meiert.com · 05/08/2026
Maybe the “Webmaster” Isn’t Dead After All: On AI and an all-encompassing role in modern web development.
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Maybe the “Webmaster” Isn’t Dead After All
On AI and an all-encompassing role in modern web development.
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Frontend Dogma @frontenddogma.com · 15/09/2026
W3C Opens 2026 Community Survey, by @w3c@w3c.social: www.w3.org/news/2026/w3c-opens-2026… #surveys #w3c #community
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W3C opens 2026 community survey
W3C opens an 8-minute survey until 30 September and seeks community-wide input to get to know our community better, investigate needs, and understand how we can improve.
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Jens Oliver Meiert @meiert.com · 15/09/2026
HTML minification and compression: There’s new guidance on what settings help Gzip and Brotli compression in HTML Minifier Next: github.com/j9t/html-min... Overall, with the “comprehensive" preset you should already get strong results. #html #htmlminifier #minification #compression #performance
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GitHub - j9t/html-minifier-next: Highly effective, super-configurable, well-tested web page minifier (enhanced successor to HTML Minifier)
Highly effective, super-configurable, well-tested web page minifier (enhanced successor to HTML Minifier) - j9t/html-minifier-next
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Frontend Dogma @frontenddogma.com · 15/09/2026
Survival Guide for a Censored Internet, by (not on Mastodon or Bluesky): akitaonrails.com/en/2026/08/19/surv… #guides #censorship #network
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Survival Guide for a Censored Internet
From the X block to a sentence enhancement for using a VPN: Brazil is rehearsing real censorship. A three-phase guide (commercial VPN, step-by-step self-hosted VPN, and obfuscated protocols) to keep your communications alive while it is still possible.
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Frontend Dogma @frontenddogma.com · 11/09/2026
Your Agentic Workflow’s Cache Keepalive Costs 8× Too Much (v2: The Interval Frontier), by @mempko.bsky.social: blog.mempko.com/your-agentic-workfl… #aiagents #ai #caching #metrics #economics
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Your Agentic Workflow's Cache Keepalive Costs 8x Too Much (v2: the interval frontier)
Updated with the full retention curve and the interval frontier: the keepalive saves on Anthropic AND OpenAI inside each provider's paying band, OpenAI's optimal interval is 8 minutes not 4, and an interval past the TTL is actively toxic: every ping re-prefills a dead cache at full price.
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Jens Oliver Meiert @meiert.com · 10/09/2026
2026: 2 of the Global Top 200 Websites Use Valid HTML: Among websites, being part of the 1% is a good thing—the latest findings from the annual study about the most important and simultaneously most difficult language in the world.
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2026: 2 of the Global Top 200 Websites Use Valid HTML
Among websites, being part of the 1% is a good thing—the latest findings from the annual study about the most important and simultaneously most difficult language in the world.
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Michael Ficarra @michael.ficarra.me · 06/08/2026
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Frontend Dogma @frontenddogma.com · 09/09/2026
Why I Don’t Recommend Tailwind CSS, by @andros@hostux.social: en.andros.dev/blog/af3ee191/why-i-d… #tailwind
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Why I don't recommend Tailwind CSS | Andros Fenollosa
Tailwind CSS is a very popular CSS framework among web developers. With no prior graphic design knowledge, it solves the standardization of spacing…
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Frontend Dogma @frontenddogma.com · 08/09/2026
You Don’t Need “initial-scale” in Your HTML, by @vale.rocks: vale.rocks/micros/20260902-1350?ref… #html #metadata
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You Don't Need Initial-Scale In Your HTML - 2 Sept 2026 13:50 UTC
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Jad Joubran @jadjoubran.io · 02/09/2026
Today I'm excited to announce my AI Upskilling cohort course LearnAI.online 2 weeks, 2 calls per week and an interactive platform where you can learn and practice working with AI at work. This course targets most people working in front of a laptop.
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Learn AI: AI Upskilling course
Learn AI: the AI Upskilling course runs in cohorts, with live group calls alongside interactive lessons, challenges and projects. Team licenses available.
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Jens Oliver Meiert @meiert.com · 23/07/2026
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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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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Jens Oliver Meiert @meiert.com · 06/09/2026
Stop Linking Terrorism With Religion: An atheist’s perspective on a war on Islam that’s being fed by Islamophobic rhetoric.
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Stop Linking Terrorism With Religion
An atheist’s perspective on a war on Islam that’s being fed by Islamophobic rhetoric.
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Frontend Dogma @frontenddogma.com · 02/09/2026
Maybe We Shouldn’t Be Reviewing All This Code, by @mfowler@toot.thoughtworks.com: martinfowler.com/rachels-ramblings/… #codereviews #ai #processes
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Maybe We Shouldn't Be Reviewing All This Code
Or, perhaps the problem isn't that AI has broken code review, maybe it’s that we've been using code review to solve the wrong problems
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Jens Oliver Meiert @meiert.com · 03/09/2026
HTML Minifier Next: Unused-CSS Removal, Improved Web Demo, and Greater Versatility, Security, and Performance: A few notes on the latest updates to HMN.
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HTML Minifier Next: Unused-CSS Removal, Improved Web Demo, and Greater Versatility, Security, and Performance
A few notes on the latest updates to HMN.
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Mykola Ptushchuk @mcslayer.com · 18/08/2026
Think CSS units are just px, %, and rem? There are 63. CSS Units explains every one with live examples and the gotchas nobody warns you about. Like why 100vh can be taller than your phone screen, or why ch doesn’t count characters. Read it online or download the PDF: cssunits.com
cssunits.com
CSS Units — The Complete Reference
A complete interactive reference to every CSS measurement unit. From the basics of px and rem to the nuances of svh, dvh, and cqw.
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Jens Oliver Meiert @meiert.com · 20/08/2026
If you like to buy web development books in crypto, check out Crypto Corner Shop with a good selection of ebooks from yours truly! cryptocornershop.com/store/store.... (Personally, I’m not “big” on crypto and this is a test—but it felt important to me to diversify options.) #webdev #books #crypto
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Frontend Dogma @frontenddogma.com · 02/09/2026
The Quality Paradox of AI-Generated Code, by (not on Mastodon or Bluesky): newsletter.getdx.com/p/the-quality-… #ai #quality #maintainability
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The quality paradox of AI-generated code
What a five-part definition of quality from 2020 tells us about software development in the age of AI.
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Jens Oliver Meiert @meiert.com · 01/09/2026
“What is the best web page minifier in 2026?” —resharing not because HTML Minifier Next does well (that’s my infinite free time right there), but because it’s one of the few analyses that calls out actual gaps in current minifiers: webdevbelgium.wordpress.com/2026/08/30/w... #html #htmlminifier
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What is the best web page minifier in 2026?
Summary: You want HTML Minifier Next or SWC/HTML. You probably use a web page minifier for your development work – a tool that removes superfluous characters and code from HTML (and usually i…
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Frontend Dogma @frontenddogma.com · 31/08/2026
Git at Any Scale, by (not on Mastodon or Bluesky): cursor.com/blog/git-at-any-scale?re… #versioncontrol #git #selfhosting #scalability
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Git at any scale · Cursor
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Frontend Dogma @frontenddogma.com · 01/09/2026
Toggles Considered Harmful, by (not on Mastodon or Bluesky): ignorethecode.net/blog/2026/08/09/t… #design #toggles #usability
ignorethecode.net
ignore the code: Toggles Considered Harmful
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Jens Oliver Meiert @meiert.com · 31/08/2026
From the archives: Micro-Scrum: meiert.com/blog/micro-s... #agile #scrum
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Micro-Scrum · Jens Oliver Meiert
Decide on one thing to ship, then ship (or learn).
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Frontend Dogma @frontenddogma.com · 30/08/2026
Node.js User Survey 2026, by @nodejs.org: linuxfoundation.surveymonkey.com/r/… #surveys #nodejs
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Node.js User Survey 2026
Take this survey powered by surveymonkey.com. Create your own surveys for free.
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Jens Oliver Meiert @meiert.com · 31/08/2026
Starting in 2027, Google will block any Android app whose developer hasn't registered and provided government ID. This affects all apps, not just Play Store apps. F-Droid calls it an "existential threat." @keepandroidopen.bsky.social #KeepAndroidOpen keepandroidopen.org
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Keep Android Open
Your phone is about to stop being yours. In 2027, Google will block every Android app whose developer hasn't registered with them.
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Jens Oliver Meiert @meiert.com · 30/08/2026
The Trolley Problem but Difficult?: On the assumptions we’re making.
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The Trolley Problem but Difficult?
On the assumptions we’re making.
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Jens Oliver Meiert @meiert.com · 29/08/2026
Today is World Day for the End of Speciesism. end-of-speciesism.org/en/ (What is speciesism? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species...) It could use more attention. #speciesism
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End of speciesism
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Jens Oliver Meiert @meiert.com · 28/08/2026
The website for “The Web Development Glossary” now shows related terms and comes with a faster search! Uncover your unknowns in web development: webglossary.info #webdev #webdevglossary #terminology
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WebGlossary.info · 4,632 Terms and Concepts of Web Development, Web Design, and Related Fields
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Frontend Dogma @frontenddogma.com · 27/08/2026
Starting With AGENTS.md: Five Steps to Building an Agent-Friendly Project, by (not on Mastodon or Bluesky): frontenddogma.com/posts/2026/starti… #translations #ai #aiagents #agentsmd #processes
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Starting With AGENTS.md: Five Steps to Building an Agent-Friendly Project · Frontend Dogma
A project that is agent-friendly is not defined by how many tools are installed, but by whether project knowledge can be discovered, processes can be …
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Frontend Dogma @frontenddogma.com · 26/08/2026
Where Did the Old Web Go? We Followed 657,607 Links to Find Out, by (not on Mastodon or Bluesky): 0.mk/blog/link-rot?ref=frontenddogm… #web #linkrot #metrics
0.mk
Where did the old web go? We followed 657,607 links to find out.
A complete crawl of every restored link from 2009 to 2014 found that 76.7% no longer return a loading page.
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