Vegan Web Developers

Published on Oct 24, 2022 (updated Oct 12, 2024), filed under development, misc. (Share this post, e.g., on Mastodon.)

If you’re a vegan and a web developer, why not join us on a humble list of vegan web developers?

That’s it—I’m wondering why I had never pointed to this project, so that’s all I wanted to do now. And yes—I should probably put this on a proper domain.

(Let’s not wonder here how so many intelligent and empathetic people still consume things that billions of living beings have to suffer or die for, every year. I’ve been like this, too; yet each of us may have to stop putting ourselves over other living beings first, before we fully understand how absurd and evil that is. There’s no need to exploit anyone or anything. Stop it.)

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. (Interpret charitably but be critical—and share feedback and advice that makes my work better.)