Jens Oliver Meiert

The Web Development Glossary 4K: Introducing the latest edition of <cite>The Web Development Glossary</cite>, featuring updated definitions and nearly 1,000 additional terms. A must for anyone looking to navigate the web ecosystem and fill in gaps they never knew existed.

⬆︎ We’re increasing the price for Frontend Dogma’s exclusive global feed (existing subscribers not affected). But: For 50 followers, we’re offering to lock in the old price: 🔒 j9t.gumroad.com/l/fd/fd_2 As a subscriber, you’ll get great content directly to your feed reader. #frontenddogma #webdev

Anti-Patterns in Software Blogging, by @michael@m.mtlynch.io: https://refactoringenglish.com/blog/anti-patterns-software-blogging/?ref=frontenddogma.com #writing #blogging #antipatterns

We Need to Protect Muslims: The West has developed a self-fueling story about Muslims that is used to wage a non-scrutinized forever war on Islam. Both the story and the war need to stop.

HTML Minifier Next: Extended Benchmarks, Self-Close Foreign Elements, Fewer Redundant Attributes, JSON Minification Opt-In: On the most recent changes to the super-configurable web page minifier.

How to Set Up Web Page Minification With Jekyll: Install, add plugin, done.

How to Set Up Web Page Minification With VitePress: On minifying HTML as well as inline CSS and JS in VitePress projects.

Meet the new Minifier Benchmarks Project! —and find detailed data on web page minifier effectiveness and speed: j9t.github.io/minifier-ben... (Feedback and contributions welcome.) #html #css #javascript #minification #performance

📔 CSS Optimization: Is Using Declarations Just Once (UDJO) Still Effective Today? by Jens Oliver Meiert @meiert.com #css #webdev #cssOptimization meiert.com/blog/css-opt...

On Not Changing as You Grow Older: There is something to age and change, but it seems to have different explanations than closed-mindedness or resistance.

The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights is such a fantastic manifesto, and it just seems to be lying there. www.un.org/en/about-us/... #unitednations #un #humanrights #manifestos

Given how little has helped prevent and stop the Israeli genocide on Palestinians, maybe we need more people to speak up, more: upscrolled.com/@mohamz/f6c8... #israel #palestine #genocide

CSS Optimization: Is Using Declarations Just Once (UDJO) Still Effective Today?: On the merit of making use of an old CSS maintainability and performance optimization technique.

worlds-highest-website.com is turning 20 today 🎂

Meet the new Minifier Benchmarks Project! —and find detailed data on web page minifier effectiveness and speed: j9t.github.io/minifier-ben... (Feedback and contributions welcome.) #html #css #javascript #minification #performance

hihtml—the combined HTML validator, link checker, and minifier—received some quality-of-life and performance updates. Get a first taste in your terminal (in a folder containing HTML; no changes made): `npx hihtml` www.npmjs.com/package/hihtml #html #quality #hihtml

Two Keys for Developing With AI: A brief note on the importance of tests (effectiveness) and benchmarks (efficiency). www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckVF... #ai #testing #benchmarks

An Open Letter to the People Writing Lengthy Posts About “Why I’m Going Back to Twitter”, by @dansinker@omfg.town: https://dansinker.com/posts/2026-10-12-open-letter/?ref=frontenddogma.com #openletters #twitterx #socialmedia

Need data for a web dev topic? The “metrics” tag on Frontend Dogma is there to indicate data: frontenddogma.com/topics/metri... You can combine it with the topics under scrutiny, e.g. frontenddogma.com/topics/filte.... Follow and support the work! #webdev #metrics #frontenddogma

CSS Optimization: Is Using Declarations Just Once (UDJO) Still Effective Today?: On the merit of making use of an old CSS maintainability and performance optimization technique.

Oh performance, the good old days: * Average total HTML size (including internal frame HTML): 25K * Average total external script size: 11.2K * Average total external style size: 17K 2006. (To be fair, the same trend.) www.optimizationweek.com/reviews/aver... #performance #html #css #javascript

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.

A Severe Misalignment of AI in Mathematics, by (not found or attributed): https://mathandai.org/?ref=frontenddogma.com #websites #ai #math

A Short Theory of the Political Spectrum: On who votes left, right, and center—and what it means to vote either left or right.

From the archives: On Deciding Who We Are: meiert.com/blog/on-deci... #philosophy #politics

Modern day cowardice: Soldiers killing people who carry no weapon, media reporting what’s safe and convenient as opposed to what’s true and important, and people largely staying quiet—are we living at a time of peak cowardice? www.youtube.com/watch?v=czVU... #courage #justice #society

“Israeli campaign to erase Gaza towns exposed by satellite images”: www.dailysabah.com/world/mid-ea... #israel #gaza #palestine #genocide

From the archives: A Word on Contemporary Web Design: meiert.com/blog/web-des... While the situation is better now, I’m not sure we’ve left the valley of shunning information density. #design #informationdesign

The End-User Manifesto (~2006): web.archive.org/web/20070103... (One of a few manifestos of the wider field: frontenddogma.com/topics/manif...) #ux #manifestos

State of HTML 2026, by @devographics.com: https://survey.devographics.com/en-US/survey/state-of-html/2026?ref=frontenddogma.com #surveys #html

HTML Minifier Next has surpassed SWC/HTML in minification speed 🚀 Data based on a 63-page corpus open to scrutiny and suggestions: github.com/j9t/minifier... #html #minification #performance #htmlminifier #swc

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.

HTML Minifier Next: Exempt CSS, JS, and SVG From Minification, Collapse No-Break Spaces and Empty Attributes, Higher Correctness: On the latest changes to the super-configurable web page minifier.

Most daring error page. www.jesseskinner.com/example #errors #404error

If you’re in the mood for testing today, check out @frontenddogma.com’s testing archives! 🧪 frontenddogma.com/topics/testi... #webdev #testing

Node.js Built-Ins That Replaced npm Packages, by @flaviocopes.com: https://flaviocopes.com/node-builtins/?ref=frontenddogma.com #nodejs #npm #dependencies

Forever playing with a document analysis tool. Is the initial version useful? Public and private feedback welcome! hell.meiert.org/docuint/ #analysis #documents

We Need to Protect Muslims: The West has developed a self-fueling story about Muslims that is used to wage a non-scrutinized forever war on Islam. Both the story and the war need to stop.

Living in Times of Indifference: www.youtube.com/watch?v=klVg... #society #war #genocide #opinion

The AWAGAM Request Blocker, Now Available on Android: A DNS-based solution to use your blocklists also on your mobile.

Updated web page minifier benchmarks: github.com/j9t/minifier... #html #css #javascript #css #minification #benchmarks

AI-Driven Development Means Test-Driven Development: There may have never been a better time to embrace TDD.

The Grand Unifying Architecture of Frontend, by @ryansolid.bsky.social: https://dev.to/playfulprogramming/the-grand-unifying-architecture-of-frontend-bhk?ref=frontenddogma.com #architecture #concepts #frameworks #javascript

The AWAGAM Request Blocker, Now Available on Android: A DNS-based solution to use your blocklists also on your mobile.

We Must Pace the Frontier, by (not on Mastodon or Bluesky): https://darioamodei.com/post/we-must-pace-the-frontier?ref=frontenddogma.com #ai