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Jens Oliver Meiert

The Machine-Illustrated Life of a Frontend Developer

Published on Jun 20, 2022 (updated Oct 20, 2024), filed under , (feed). (Share this on Mastodon or Bluesky?)

You may know DALL·E, what you can do with it, what others do with it, and… be intrigued by that, too.

And you may wonder, how would AI depict frontend developers?

I’ve fooled around for us.

A frontend developer drinking coffee.
A frontend developer drinking coffee.
A frontend developer solving a CSS problem.
A frontend developer solving a CSS problem.
A frontend developer validating a web page.
A frontend developer validating a web page.
A frontend developer saying “hi” to a new colleague.
A frontend developer saying “hi” to a new colleague.
A frontend developer dreaming about semantic HTML.
A frontend developer dreaming about semantic HTML.
A [frontend] developer fleeing from Internet Explorer.
A [frontend] developer fleeing from Internet Explorer.
A frontend developer in a horror movie.
A frontend developer in a horror movie.
A frontend developer having lunch with Tim Berners-Lee.
A frontend developer having lunch with Tim Berners-Lee.
A frontend developer saving the world.
A frontend developer saving the world.
A frontend developer getting a promotion.
A frontend developer getting a promotion.
A frontend developer in a pillow fight with a backend developer.
A frontend developer in a pillow fight with a backend developer.

(…and we can beat Godzilla at chess.)

What else would represent the life of a frontend developer? Share more, and respond to the Twitter thread for this collection!

About Me

Jens Oliver Meiert, on November 9, 2024.

I’m Jens (long: Jens Oliver Meiert), and I’m a web developer, manager, and author. I’ve worked as a technical lead and engineering manager for small and large enterprises, I’m an occasional contributor to web standards (like HTML, CSS, WCAG), and I write and review books for O’Reilly and Frontend Dogma.

I love trying things, not only in web development and engineering management, but also in other areas like philosophy. Here on meiert.com I share some of my experiences and views. (I value you being critical, interpreting charitably, and giving feedback.)