Anselm Hannemann,

My Writings

• The World uses the Internet (differently) 07 December, 2016

  At some point during building a new web project we will define a browser support matrix. But if we’re honest, how do we usually define this list? Developers tend to add their bias regarding old, or browsers that don’t support all modern code standards. Other people in a project prefer to look into the current web server statistics and base their decision on these numbers. Both approaches are not correct though, and here’s why. The Developer Bias Every developer will understand and admit that we’re biased which browsers we want to support. Therefore a decision made with that bias will...

• The Divergence of Developers — Think out of the Box 22 October, 2016

  On Twitter, we like to discuss the latest technologies and ideas like how to integrate CSS the best way into our web app stacks using ES6 modules. One after another ES7 feature is being pushed into browsers, and yet we tend to forget what the majority of developers need. It’s due to us living in this tiny bubble called Social Media—channels not everyone is following. When we look at what has been added to browsers this year, you can see amazing statistics. Microsoft’s Edge browser got support for complete ES6 standard, and browsers pushed hard to implement security features and...

• Enough Vacation — An Individual Goal 04 October, 2016

  Let’s talk about vacation and time-off from your day to day job. I’m not a perfect example myself but in the last seven years working as a freelancer I’ve gotten some ideas about what my body expects from me, what my brain expects and how I need to force myself to take vacation. Some things I learned the harder way. It’s Geek Mental Health Week again but this post is not limited to “Geeks” or any other group of people — it’s for everyone. I recently read a comment by a reader of my weekly summary of web development resources....

• How AMP supercharges link rot 16 July, 2016

• If you use Let’s Encrypt and have Apple News Bot, act now 08 July, 2016

• Using VPN and Tor for Web Development 30 May, 2016

• The Responsibility Mindset With Artificial Intelligence 27 April, 2016

• Open Service Worker Questions 04 February, 2016

• Why You Should Choose Your Own HTTPS. 06 January, 2016

• See The Progress 16 December, 2015

• Using Web Fonts The Best Way (in 2015). 08 October, 2015

• Safari isn’t the new IE but it’s also not user centric 01 July, 2015

• Performance is King but so is Privacy and Data Ownership 15 May, 2015

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