Lifeform User Story

Published on Jun 1, 2025, filed under politics, misc. (Share this post, e.g., on Mastodon.)

As a lifeform
I’m not here to be dominated, to “earn” my “living,” and to see my habitat destroyed
so that I can be exploited by a primitive species.

For the ethics-minded in tech, that may be the one user story for us to tackle.

About Me

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.)