1 + 2 Engineering Team Priorities: Are great teams “just doing the work”? meiert.com/en/blog/engine…

The CSS Reset Contradiction: I wrote another article for SitePoint, about CSS resets and what I think we miss in our conversations: Notably, what are the premises? What’s the reality—or are the realities? And, how could we also approach resets? sitepoint.com/css-reset-cont…

Where Has All the Valid HTML Gone: When we look at the state of HTML… how much of it actually is HTML? meiert.com/en/blog/where-…

How to Add WebGlossary.info as a Search Engine in Your Browser: In short, you can search the glossary via “webglossary.info/search/%s ”. meiert.com/en/blog/web-de…

4️⃣ Markup in 2024 🌐 HTML remains the foundation of the web: 📄 92.8% of documents use the HTML doctype. 📦 Median HTML transfer size: 32 KB. 📊 29% of elements are <div>s. by Estela Franco, bkardell 🐦, Jens Oliver Meiert, Simon Pieters Full report: almanac.httparchive.org/en/2024/markup #Markup #HTML #CSS #JS

What Is HTML Optimization? What Is It Not? Is HTML optimization as well-defined as we need it to be? A look at what’s out there and an attempt to be clearer. meiert.com/en/blog/what-i…

🗓️ Day №8 in Manuel Matuzović’s #HTMHellAdventCalendar 2024 is “Past HTML, Future HTML?” by Jens Oliver Meiert. htmhell.dev/adventcalendar…

When We Need Systems, Processes, and Conventions: Oh the bore. meiert.com/en/blog/system…

HTML Conformance: A Comparison of 6.5 npm Validator Packages (With 1.5 Recommendations): What do you do if you want to make sure you’re not writing and shipping fantasy HTML, but choose to or have to avoid the web-based W3C HTML validator? meiert.com/en/blog/html-v…

The CSS Reset Contradiction: Re-publishing my article for SitePoint, discussing what I think we miss in our conversations: Notably, what are the premises for CSS resets? What’s the reality—or are the realities? And, how could we also approach resets? meiert.com/en/blog/the-cs…

CSS: How to Indicate Container Overflow, When There Is Overflow: meiert.com/en/blog/iff-co…

2024: Professional and personal highlights from the past year. Happy 2025! meiert.com/en/blog/re-202…

An Overview of the 50 Highest-Ranking Web Design and Development Glossaries: There are dozens if not hundreds of tech glossaries. However, there are differences in how comprehensive and therefore useful these glossaries are—and if they are being updated. meiert.com/en/blog/tech-g…

From the archives: The Curious Case of Breadcrumbs in HTML: meiert.com/en/blog/breadc…

I offered this deal about a year ago, now I’m adding the latest book to it: For a limited time, you can get all 5 ebooks of the “Upgrade Your HTML” series (which is all about HTML optimization and minimalism) nearly for the price of 1, over at Leanpub! leanpub.com/b/upgrade-your…

23 HTML Cheat Sheets, by Frontend Dogma: frontenddogma.com/posts/2025/23-…

My 18-Months Rule for Open-Source Contributions: You make a good-faith contribution to an open-source project. There’s never a response. What do you do? On a rule I’ve established for my own open-source work, and the reasons behind it. meiert.com/en/blog/an-ope…