In his excellent talk Get the Core Right and the Resilient Code Will Follow at Beyond Tellerrand in Berlin this year, Andy Bell showed how to sensibly discuss a coding issue amongst your team. He also did a more in-depth write-up on his blog. The problem that Andy described was having a CSS grid with […]

On January 6th, 1995 two bank robbers in Pittsburgh confused law enforcement by not making any attempts to conceal their faces but instead brazenly looking at security cameras as if they were invisible. The reason is that they actually thought they were. Clifton Earl Johnson had convinced his fellow in crime, McArthur Wheeler that covering […]

When people turn data into HTML tables using JavaScript, they either use the DOM methods (createElement() and the likes), but most of the time just append a huge string and use innerHTML, which always is a security concern. However, did you know that HTML tables also have an old, forgotten API ? Using this one, […]

Alright folks, the call for papers is open for two of the WeAreDevelopers events 2026, so if you want to speak at any of them, activate the following links and enter your details and the ones of your session(s): WeAreDevelopers World Congress in Berlin , Germany 08-10/07/2026 WeAreDevelopers World Congress North America in San Jose, […]

A lot of technical people currently spout regressive and harsh messages about race, religion, identity and women’s rights to side with “strong man” politicians and parties. That’s their right, but it also is an abuse of reach and power. Time to focus. A lot of the people whose work I adore and admire are terrible […]