Jens Oliver Meiert 🇺🇳 🇵🇸
@meiert.com
Senior engineering lead, indie publisher, anti-extractivist—e.g., @frontenddogma.com, @webglossary.info, https://theothermanifesto.org/. More: https://mas.to/@j9t, https://meiert.com/.
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Jens Oliver Meiert 🇺🇳 🇵🇸
@meiert.com
· Nov 6
Now Available: “On Web Development II”!
A comprehensive ebook marking another 10 years of meiert.com, featuring 180 curated articles on web development from 2015 to 2025.
meiert.com
Now Available: “On Web Development II”!:
A comprehensive ebook marking another 10 years of meiert.com, featuring 180 curated articles on web development from 2015 to 2025.
A comprehensive ebook marking another 10 years of meiert.com, featuring 180 curated articles on web development from 2015 to 2025.
The Largest Web Development Glossary, Now as a JetBrains IDE Plugin:
Thousands of web development terms, at your fingertips.
Thousands of web development terms, at your fingertips.
The Largest Web Development Glossary, Now as a JetBrains IDE Plugin
Thousands of web development terms, at your fingertips.
meiert.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:00 AM
The Largest Web Development Glossary, Now as a JetBrains IDE Plugin:
Thousands of web development terms, at your fingertips.
Thousands of web development terms, at your fingertips.
The Largest Web Development Glossary, Now as a JetBrains IDE Plugin:
Thousands of web development terms, at your fingertips.
Thousands of web development terms, at your fingertips.
The Largest Web Development Glossary, Now as a JetBrains IDE Plugin
Thousands of web development terms, at your fingertips.
meiert.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:44 AM
The Largest Web Development Glossary, Now as a JetBrains IDE Plugin:
Thousands of web development terms, at your fingertips.
Thousands of web development terms, at your fingertips.
Reposted by Jens Oliver Meiert 🇺🇳 🇵🇸
Web development term of the day:
→ A
→ A
A
webglossary.info
January 10, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Web development term of the day:
→ A
→ A
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I’ve been researching and documenting the countries of origin for the products, services and tools I use.
This has clearly shown just how dominant the U.S. are, not only in Tech.
It has also surfaced a number of Israeli services where not expected.
This has clearly shown just how dominant the U.S. are, not only in Tech.
It has also surfaced a number of Israeli services where not expected.
January 9, 2026 at 10:04 AM
I’ve been researching and documenting the countries of origin for the products, services and tools I use.
This has clearly shown just how dominant the U.S. are, not only in Tech.
It has also surfaced a number of Israeli services where not expected.
This has clearly shown just how dominant the U.S. are, not only in Tech.
It has also surfaced a number of Israeli services where not expected.
If you want to dive into or get a historical perspective on CSS, check out @frontenddogma.com’s now 3,700 articles on the subject:
frontenddogma.com/topics/css/
Tip: You can narrow this down with other tags, as in frontenddogma.com/topics/filte... for conformance-related articles.
#webdev #css
frontenddogma.com/topics/css/
Tip: You can narrow this down with other tags, as in frontenddogma.com/topics/filte... for conformance-related articles.
#webdev #css
“css” News Archive · Frontend Dogma
frontenddogma.com
January 8, 2026 at 7:16 AM
If you want to dive into or get a historical perspective on CSS, check out @frontenddogma.com’s now 3,700 articles on the subject:
frontenddogma.com/topics/css/
Tip: You can narrow this down with other tags, as in frontenddogma.com/topics/filte... for conformance-related articles.
#webdev #css
frontenddogma.com/topics/css/
Tip: You can narrow this down with other tags, as in frontenddogma.com/topics/filte... for conformance-related articles.
#webdev #css
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Why RSS matters
The future of the web depends on simple, open standards.
werd.io
January 7, 2026 at 8:30 PM
A note, if you like to support my work for the field and the community, please join one of my tiers on Patreon!
(I’ve thought about ways to give something of value to you in return, and am always open to discussing what’s better for everyone!)
www.patreon.com/c/j9t
(I’ve thought about ways to give something of value to you in return, and am always open to discussing what’s better for everyone!)
www.patreon.com/c/j9t
Jens Oliver Meiert | Patreon
creating web development documentation and books
www.patreon.com
January 7, 2026 at 7:16 AM
A note, if you like to support my work for the field and the community, please join one of my tiers on Patreon!
(I’ve thought about ways to give something of value to you in return, and am always open to discussing what’s better for everyone!)
www.patreon.com/c/j9t
(I’ve thought about ways to give something of value to you in return, and am always open to discussing what’s better for everyone!)
www.patreon.com/c/j9t
HTML Minifier Next: Even Faster, JavaScript Minification With SWC, SVG Minification:
On making HMN better and better.
On making HMN better and better.
HTML Minifier Next: Even Faster, JavaScript Minification With SWC, SVG Minification
On making HMN better and better.
meiert.com
January 6, 2026 at 6:00 PM
HTML Minifier Next: Even Faster, JavaScript Minification With SWC, SVG Minification:
On making HMN better and better.
On making HMN better and better.
Reposted by Jens Oliver Meiert 🇺🇳 🇵🇸
Started blogging in ’95. Nearly all site’s my content from the past 30 years is still up. Sadly, the same can’t be said for most third-party content I linked to. Happily, the Internet Archive Wayback Machine Link Fixer solves much of this.
wordpress.org/plugins/inte...
wordpress.org/plugins/inte...
Internet Archive Wayback Machine Link Fixer
Automatically fix broken links by replacing them with archived versions from the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine.
wordpress.org
January 5, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Started blogging in ’95. Nearly all site’s my content from the past 30 years is still up. Sadly, the same can’t be said for most third-party content I linked to. Happily, the Internet Archive Wayback Machine Link Fixer solves much of this.
wordpress.org/plugins/inte...
wordpress.org/plugins/inte...
From the archives:
Custom Properties: Questioning “:root”:
meiert.com/blog/questio...
#css #customproperties #selectors
Custom Properties: Questioning “:root”:
meiert.com/blog/questio...
#css #customproperties #selectors
Custom Properties: Questioning “:root” · Jens Oliver Meiert
For custom properties (aka CSS variables) we got into the habit of declaring variables in a rule with a <code>:root</code> selector. Yet unless you’re working in an environment in which style sheets s...
meiert.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:28 PM
From the archives:
Custom Properties: Questioning “:root”:
meiert.com/blog/questio...
#css #customproperties #selectors
Custom Properties: Questioning “:root”:
meiert.com/blog/questio...
#css #customproperties #selectors
It’s also Europe’s security interest that California becomes part of the European Union.
#usa #europe #greenland
#usa #europe #greenland
January 5, 2026 at 8:48 AM
It’s also Europe’s security interest that California becomes part of the European Union.
#usa #europe #greenland
#usa #europe #greenland
“The European response has been pathetic”—Jeffrey Sachs calling a spade a spade wrt Venezuela:
youtu.be/nXKcdHBFqlU
#venezuela #europe
youtu.be/nXKcdHBFqlU
#venezuela #europe
Jeffrey Sachs BREAKS SILENCE on Venezuela President's Arrest and Trump 's Lawlessness
YouTube video by Financial Wise
youtu.be
January 4, 2026 at 9:20 PM
“The European response has been pathetic”—Jeffrey Sachs calling a spade a spade wrt Venezuela:
youtu.be/nXKcdHBFqlU
#venezuela #europe
youtu.be/nXKcdHBFqlU
#venezuela #europe
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Trump voters have turned the most powerful country in the world - the longtime leader of the democratic West - into a violent rogue state.
In doing so, they have smashed any semblance of international law and order.
This ‘might is right’ world MAGA have inflicted upon us endangers all of humanity.
In doing so, they have smashed any semblance of international law and order.
This ‘might is right’ world MAGA have inflicted upon us endangers all of humanity.
January 3, 2026 at 8:28 AM
Trump voters have turned the most powerful country in the world - the longtime leader of the democratic West - into a violent rogue state.
In doing so, they have smashed any semblance of international law and order.
This ‘might is right’ world MAGA have inflicted upon us endangers all of humanity.
In doing so, they have smashed any semblance of international law and order.
This ‘might is right’ world MAGA have inflicted upon us endangers all of humanity.
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Cancel the LA Olympics, scrap the World Cup, the United States cannot be a trusted part of the international community so long as the White House operates this violently and with impunity.
January 3, 2026 at 7:13 AM
Cancel the LA Olympics, scrap the World Cup, the United States cannot be a trusted part of the international community so long as the White House operates this violently and with impunity.
Only Venezuela should decide about their future.
Only Palestine should decide about their future.
Only we should decide about our own countries’ futures.
www.dailysabah.com/world/americ...
#venezuela #palestine #usa #selfdetermination
Only Palestine should decide about their future.
Only we should decide about our own countries’ futures.
www.dailysabah.com/world/americ...
#venezuela #palestine #usa #selfdetermination
Trump says US to decide Venezuela’s future after Maduro’s capture
The United States is weighing what is next for Venezuela following the capture of the South American country’s president and flying him out of the...
www.dailysabah.com
January 3, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Only Venezuela should decide about their future.
Only Palestine should decide about their future.
Only we should decide about our own countries’ futures.
www.dailysabah.com/world/americ...
#venezuela #palestine #usa #selfdetermination
Only Palestine should decide about their future.
Only we should decide about our own countries’ futures.
www.dailysabah.com/world/americ...
#venezuela #palestine #usa #selfdetermination
This isn’t true, is it.
One country didn’t just hijack the leader of another country, did they.
One country didn’t just hijack the leader of another country, did they.
January 3, 2026 at 10:19 AM
This isn’t true, is it.
One country didn’t just hijack the leader of another country, did they.
One country didn’t just hijack the leader of another country, did they.
So fed up. And no, I don’t believe in mass media journalism, and even less in the international community (cf. Israel).
We cannot have hate keep dictating who we are and what we do.
www.straitstimes.com/world/column...
#venezuela #usa #geopolitics
We cannot have hate keep dictating who we are and what we do.
www.straitstimes.com/world/column...
#venezuela #usa #geopolitics
Trump ordered the strikes inside Venezuela, including military facilities, says a US reporter
Witnesses report smoke and loud noises in Caracas, Venezuela, near a military base, amid US pressure on President Nicolas Maduro. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
www.straitstimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 8:44 AM
So fed up. And no, I don’t believe in mass media journalism, and even less in the international community (cf. Israel).
We cannot have hate keep dictating who we are and what we do.
www.straitstimes.com/world/column...
#venezuela #usa #geopolitics
We cannot have hate keep dictating who we are and what we do.
www.straitstimes.com/world/column...
#venezuela #usa #geopolitics
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We condemn grotesque sexual assaults by Israeli forces. We demand accountability amid systemic culture of impunity.
freedomflotilla.org/2026/01/02/f...
freedomflotilla.org/2026/01/02/f...
FFC Condemns Sexual Assaults by Israeli Forces - Freedom Flotilla
Freedom Flotilla Coalition Condemns Grotesque Sexual Assaults by Israeli Forces Demands Accountability Amid Systemic Culture of Impunity It recently came to light that Israeli police and prison offici...
freedomflotilla.org
January 2, 2026 at 11:17 PM
We condemn grotesque sexual assaults by Israeli forces. We demand accountability amid systemic culture of impunity.
freedomflotilla.org/2026/01/02/f...
freedomflotilla.org/2026/01/02/f...
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2025:
On an extremely productive year that ended with a significant personal update, and a year that I’ll forever connect with genocidal colonialism, the breakdown of international law, and alienation from my home country.
On an extremely productive year that ended with a significant personal update, and a year that I’ll forever connect with genocidal colonialism, the breakdown of international law, and alienation from my home country.
2025
On an extremely productive year that ended with a significant personal update, and a year that I’ll forever connect with genocidal colonialism, the breakdown of international law, and alienation from my home country.
meiert.com
January 1, 2026 at 9:27 AM
2025:
On an extremely productive year that ended with a significant personal update, and a year that I’ll forever connect with genocidal colonialism, the breakdown of international law, and alienation from my home country.
On an extremely productive year that ended with a significant personal update, and a year that I’ll forever connect with genocidal colonialism, the breakdown of international law, and alienation from my home country.
If there’s just ONE of your 2025 articles or videos people should read or watch, what would it be?
I’d select this non-tech one:
“3 User-Friendly Technical Ways to Respond to Genocidistan”: meiert.com/blog/genocid...
Please respond and ♻️ share! Have a good start into the new year everyone.
I’d select this non-tech one:
“3 User-Friendly Technical Ways to Respond to Genocidistan”: meiert.com/blog/genocid...
Please respond and ♻️ share! Have a good start into the new year everyone.
December 31, 2025 at 10:59 AM
If there’s just ONE of your 2025 articles or videos people should read or watch, what would it be?
I’d select this non-tech one:
“3 User-Friendly Technical Ways to Respond to Genocidistan”: meiert.com/blog/genocid...
Please respond and ♻️ share! Have a good start into the new year everyone.
I’d select this non-tech one:
“3 User-Friendly Technical Ways to Respond to Genocidistan”: meiert.com/blog/genocid...
Please respond and ♻️ share! Have a good start into the new year everyone.
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Introducing Flint: a fast, friendly linter.
Flint is an experimental linter made to validate several hypotheses: hybrid linting, streamlined rich configuration, thorough docs & plugins, and tooling coordination.
Expect to hear more about Flint over the next month. ❤️🔥
www.flint.fyi/blog/introdu...
Flint is an experimental linter made to validate several hypotheses: hybrid linting, streamlined rich configuration, thorough docs & plugins, and tooling coordination.
Expect to hear more about Flint over the next month. ❤️🔥
www.flint.fyi/blog/introdu...
Introducing Flint
[Experimental] A fast, friendly linter. ❤️🔥
www.flint.fyi
December 30, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Introducing Flint: a fast, friendly linter.
Flint is an experimental linter made to validate several hypotheses: hybrid linting, streamlined rich configuration, thorough docs & plugins, and tooling coordination.
Expect to hear more about Flint over the next month. ❤️🔥
www.flint.fyi/blog/introdu...
Flint is an experimental linter made to validate several hypotheses: hybrid linting, streamlined rich configuration, thorough docs & plugins, and tooling coordination.
Expect to hear more about Flint over the next month. ❤️🔥
www.flint.fyi/blog/introdu...
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Israel becomes the first country in the world to ban the humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders.
Let that sink in.
File under "Things you do when you are committing genocide"...
www.nbcnews.com/world/israel...
Let that sink in.
File under "Things you do when you are committing genocide"...
www.nbcnews.com/world/israel...
December 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Israel becomes the first country in the world to ban the humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders.
Let that sink in.
File under "Things you do when you are committing genocide"...
www.nbcnews.com/world/israel...
Let that sink in.
File under "Things you do when you are committing genocide"...
www.nbcnews.com/world/israel...