Jens Oliver Meiert is a web developer, engineering manager, and author. He specializes in minimal, tailored frontend development, contributes to web standards, and writes books like the Upgrade Your HTML series. He also explores philosophy and unifying models of reality.
21 articles from this blog
Introducing Compressor.js Next, a modernized and maintained fork of the JavaScript image compression library with performance improvements and updated module support.
A reflection on the 'Beautiful Web' of homemade, authentic websites driven by passion and personal expression, contrasting with commercial web trends.
A guide to upgrading to HTML Minifier Next 5, covering breaking changes, configuration updates, and new features for HTML optimization.
Practical strategies for managing large, growing tag systems in web development projects, based on real-world experience.
A developer shares technical optimization tips for websites, covering HTML semantics, Eleventy config, and performance tweaks.
Updates on HTML Minifier Next: performance gains, new SWC JavaScript minifier option, and built-in SVG minification.
A developer's 2025 retrospective covering career moves, open-source project stewardship (HTML Minifier), and the impact of AI on engineering productivity.
A proposal for a 'No Maintenance Month' in December for underfunded open-source projects to highlight the need for sustainable funding.
Updates to HTML Minifier Next include performance improvements, presets, new config options, and TypeScript definitions for better HTML minification.
A comparison of HTML minifiers, discussing benchmarks, trade-offs in effectiveness, speed, and security, and the importance of informed tooling decisions.
A comprehensive reference listing the official semantic definitions for all 113 standard HTML elements, as per the HTML specification.
A quick tutorial on setting up HTML minification for Eleventy static sites using the html-minifier-next package.
A developer shares a minimal CSS starter template with personal preferences on resets, scroll behavior, typography, and dark mode.
A developer shares technical optimizations for websites and Eleventy projects, covering performance profiling, dependency replacement, and bot settings.
Announcing updates to HTML Minifier Next: better minification, improved CLI, clearer docs, and a switch to Lightning CSS for CSS processing.
A technical guide on generating private and public keys for the Nostr protocol locally using openssl and Secp256k1.
A satirical argument that HTML is the world's most difficult programming language, based on the prevalence of invalid HTML, with a call for developers to prioritize writing valid code.
A developer shares practical website optimization tips, including updating HTTP links, using AI agents, and cleaning up config files.
Engineering leaders must prepare their teams for AI's impact on software development careers, focusing on skills and expectations.
Critiques the anti-AI movement's purely negative stance, arguing it undermines credibility and suggests more constructive criticism.
