Jens Oliver Meiert

The Machine-Illustrated Life of a Frontend Developer

Published on JunĀ 20, 2022 (updated OctĀ 20, 2024), filed under , (feed). (Share this on Mastodon orĀ Bluesky?)

You may know DALLĀ·E, what you can do with it, what others do with it, andā€¦ be intrigued by that, too.

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

Iā€™ve fooled around for us.

A frontend developer drinking coffee.
A frontend developer drinkingĀ coffee.
A frontend developer solving a CSS problem.
A frontend developer solving a CSSĀ problem.
A frontend developer validating a web page.
A frontend developer validating a webĀ page.
A frontend developer saying ā€œhiā€ to a new colleague.
A frontend developer saying ā€œhiā€ to a newĀ colleague.
A frontend developer dreaming about semantic HTML.
A frontend developer dreaming about semanticĀ HTML.
A [frontend] developer fleeing from Internet Explorer.
A [frontend] developer fleeing from InternetĀ Explorer.
A frontend developer in a horror movie.
A frontend developer in a horrorĀ movie.
A frontend developer having lunch with Tim Berners-Lee.
A frontend developer having lunch with TimĀ Berners-Lee.
A frontend developer saving the world.
A frontend developer saving theĀ world.
A frontend developer getting a promotion.
A frontend developer getting aĀ promotion.
A frontend developer in a pillow fight with a backend developer.
A frontend developer in a pillow fight with a backendĀ developer.

(ā€¦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.

Iā€™m Jens (long: Jens Oliver Meiert), and Iā€™m a web developer, manager, and author. Iā€™ve been working as a technical lead and engineering manager for companies youā€™ve never heard of and companies you use every day, Iā€™m an occasional contributor to web standards (like HTML, CSS, WCAG), and I write and review books for Oā€™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.)