Jens Oliver Meiert

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A Web Development Term a Day


Published on Aug 19, 2024, filed under . (Share this post, e.g., on Mastodon.)


keeps ignorance away, goes an old saying in our field 🙃

The cover of “The Web Development Glossary 3K.”

Since last year, The Web Development Glossary (with its 3,700+ terms) is not only an irregularly updated ebook, but also a website (WebGlossary.info).

You can now also use the glossary’s information to learn about a new term every day. You can do this by feed (which is there for automation purposes), but I recommend one of the following social media platforms:

(The Twitter/X integration is tentative, but, it’s there it was there.)

If you have any feedback, please email me or share it in the Web Development Glossary forum. Thank you—and happy learning new tech terms!

About Me

Jens Oliver Meiert, on March 2, 2026.

I’m Jens (long: Jens Oliver Meiert), and I’m an engineering lead, guerrilla philosopher, and indie publisher. I’ve worked as a technical lead and engineering manager at various companies (e.g., Google); I’m an active web and tool developer (code optimization, digital defense), a contributor to web standards (like HTML, CSS, WCAG), and a book author (O’Reilly, Frontend Dogma).

I love trying things—in web development and engineering management, but also in politics and philosophy, where I hold to one idea in particular: that we can only be well if we take good care of everyone. Here on meiert.com I talk about some of my perspectives and experiences. (Please share feedback: Interpret charitably, keep it friendly, but do be critical.)