April 24 Is JS Naked Day

Published on April 21, 2024, filed under (RSS feed for all categories).

Every year on April 9 we, a part of our field, do without CSS; from this year on, on April 24, there’s an opportunity to temporarily swear off JavaScript.

Both events celebrate important web development concepts (graceful degradation/progressive enhancement) and, ultimately, maintainability (separation of concerns).

Are you in?

(I’m not convinced of the normative “should” in “should work without JavaScript,” but I’m joining the inaugural edition.)

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About Me

Jens Oliver Meiert, on November 9, 2024.

I’m Jens (long: Jens Oliver Meiert), and I’m a frontend engineering leader and tech author/publisher. I’ve worked as a technical lead for companies like Google and as an engineering manager for companies like Miro, I’m a contributor to several web standards, 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. (Please be critical, interpret charitably, and give feedback.)