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Christian Heilmann

That JavaScript/Browser guy who worked at Microsoft, Mozilla and Yahoo.

Location Berlin, Germany Joined Joined on  Personal website https://christianheilmann.com github website twitter website

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Principal Program Manager at Microsoft

GitHub Copilot for CLI makes Terminal scripting and Git as easy as asking a question

GitHub Copilot for CLI makes Terminal scripting and Git as easy as asking a question

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This is the time to be unpredictable and human

This is the time to be unpredictable and human

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Linkshare - a GitHub Pages template to store links and share them on social media

Linkshare - a GitHub Pages template to store links and share them on social media

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Continuous growth is cancer

Continuous growth is cancer

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GitHub CoPilot now also generates tests for functions

GitHub CoPilot now also generates tests for functions

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An easy way to copy + paste from the browser Console #shorts

An easy way to copy + paste from the browser Console #shorts

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MacOS can remove backgrounds from images

MacOS can remove backgrounds from images

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Releasing code in large corporations is slow - and there is a good reason for it

Releasing code in large corporations is slow - and there is a good reason for it

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Things to do and not to do during a wave of tech layoffs

Things to do and not to do during a wave of tech layoffs

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Web resilience is about users - not a shortcut for developers

Web resilience is about users - not a shortcut for developers

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Getting all the video thumbnails from a YouTube video

Getting all the video thumbnails from a YouTube video

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Microdosing burnout – on working remote and in a different time zone

Microdosing burnout – on working remote and in a different time zone

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Code brushes for GitHub Copilot

Code brushes for GitHub Copilot

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Opening Node developer tools just got easier

Opening Node developer tools just got easier

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Quick VS Code tip: skip selections when using Ctrl|Cmd + D

Quick VS Code tip: skip selections when using Ctrl|Cmd + D

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Stop waiting for GitHub pages to build using overrides

Stop waiting for GitHub pages to build using overrides

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Positioning notification messages with accessibility in mind

Positioning notification messages with accessibility in mind

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Removing the camera overlay icon in Microsoft Edge

Removing the camera overlay icon in Microsoft Edge

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JSON.stringify can create Multi-line, formatted and filtered strings from JSON

JSON.stringify can create Multi-line, formatted and filtered strings from JSON

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AI Code completion is like cruise control - and that's great news for bigger teams

AI Code completion is like cruise control - and that's great news for bigger teams

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Dear Console,…

Dear Console,…

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HTML5 required and pattern are not a security feature

HTML5 required and pattern are not a security feature

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Supercharging VS Code Live Server

Supercharging VS Code Live Server

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Celebrating 1M installs of Edge DevTools for VS Code

Celebrating 1M installs of Edge DevTools for VS Code

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Quick tip: embedding YouTube Videos in GitHub pages

Quick tip: embedding YouTube Videos in GitHub pages

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How to create short and concise technical videos

How to create short and concise technical videos

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Automatic issue fixing and filtering in Visual Studio Code

Automatic issue fixing and filtering in Visual Studio Code

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Using browser developer tools as an image browser

Using browser developer tools as an image browser

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Cheat codes for the web – Browser developer tools for non-developers

Cheat codes for the web – Browser developer tools for non-developers

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Rethinking Device Emulation in browsers

Rethinking Device Emulation in browsers

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The browser console has a count method

The browser console has a count method

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TIL: Visual Studio Code does markdown autocompletion for in-page links

TIL: Visual Studio Code does markdown autocompletion for in-page links

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Web development is like assembling IKEA furniture

Web development is like assembling IKEA furniture

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Taking screenshots of streaming video services using Browser Developer Tools

Taking screenshots of streaming video services using Browser Developer Tools

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One line of CSS to add basic dark/light mode

One line of CSS to add basic dark/light mode

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GitHub Copilot explaining code and translating it from one language to another

GitHub Copilot explaining code and translating it from one language to another

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What people think that web developers do vs. what we really do

What people think that web developers do vs. what we really do

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A teleprompter script for video recordings

A teleprompter script for video recordings

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Global Accessbility Awareness Day - Does your web product support the needs of the many?

Global Accessbility Awareness Day - Does your web product support the needs of the many?

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Fixing the accessibility of Inspection overlays

Fixing the accessibility of Inspection overlays

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A "Quick edit" bookmarklet to edit any web site

A "Quick edit" bookmarklet to edit any web site

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"Someone should build X for the web" - why not you? All you need is a GitHub account

"Someone should build X for the web" - why not you? All you need is a GitHub account

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Edge DevTools for Visual Studio Code V2

Edge DevTools for Visual Studio Code V2

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One million broken web sites - and a way to prevent that

One million broken web sites - and a way to prevent that

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CSS Mirror Editing with Sourcemapped files (Sass, React…)

CSS Mirror Editing with Sourcemapped files (Sass, React…)

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Quick MacOS tip: Preview as a built-in zoom lens

Quick MacOS tip: Preview as a built-in zoom lens

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The devil is in the details…

The devil is in the details…

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Quick survey: help improve the simulation options of browser developer tools

Quick survey: help improve the simulation options of browser developer tools

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Console.log() inside Visual Studio Code

Console.log() inside Visual Studio Code

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Running a dedicated local server for a VS Code debugging session using tasks

Running a dedicated local server for a VS Code debugging session using tasks

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Destructive arguments used in technology discussions on social media that have to die

Destructive arguments used in technology discussions on social media that have to die

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Want to improve Developer Tools in Microsoft Edge? File an issue on Github

Want to improve Developer Tools in Microsoft Edge? File an issue on Github

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Showing different titles depending if the tab is active or not

Showing different titles depending if the tab is active or not

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Sending email notifications from GitHub organisations to different emails

Sending email notifications from GitHub organisations to different emails

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A launch.json to turn VS code into a full web development IDE

A launch.json to turn VS code into a full web development IDE

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Turning a GitHub page into a Progressive Web App

Turning a GitHub page into a Progressive Web App

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Let's not send developers to the accessibility tree tool

Let's not send developers to the accessibility tree tool

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Developer Tools secrets that shouldn't be secrets

Developer Tools secrets that shouldn't be secrets

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Edge DevTools for Visual Studio Code 1.4.0 - Improved Screencasting, Device Emulation and live, inline issue reporting

Edge DevTools for Visual Studio Code 1.4.0 - Improved Screencasting, Device Emulation and live, inline issue reporting

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Locking editor panes in Visual Studio Code prevents unwanted multi-tab experiences

Locking editor panes in Visual Studio Code prevents unwanted multi-tab experiences

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