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TIL: Browsers offer a “copy email” in the context menu on mailto: links
When adding an email link to a document you should use the mailto: URI scheme: Email Chris That makes the browser open the associated email tool instead of opening the link in the browser. Today I found out that browsers also offer a “copy email” in the context menu that only copies the email itself […]
Remember: The “f” in xenophobia stands for “fun”
Some time ago the US government announced that they will de-classify UFO sightings material from the 50s and 60s. This caused quite the stir amongst conspiracy theorists but also plain sci-fi fans like me. They did, and – of course – the results were not that insightful. A few days ago the government also released […]
Accessibility question: is nesting interactive elements bad?
I am currently writing a gallery script for myself and ran into an interesting accessibility question. I have a list of galleries with links to each of them. I also wanted to provide a checkbox to allow users to select several galleries and merge or download them. The HTML I use is the following. An […]
How do developers define their worth when code is written by AI?
Lately I’ve been in a few podcasts and interviews and one question came up almost every time: What is left for developers to care about or define themselves with when all the code is written by AI? Here is the quick answer: being a developer was never about writing code. Code is a tool to […]
Take the “chart explosion” coding challenge and earn your spot at CODE100 in July in Berlin
In July, I will run another live edition of CODE100 at the WeAreDevelopers World Congress and if you want to take part and earn your spot on stage in front of 5000 people, why not have a go at solving this year’s challenge? The char explosion problem Oh dear, we wanted to show you some […]