The Silence of the Errors
Make errors impossible to ignore by making them annoying: use sounds and alerts in development, send notifications in production. Catch client and server errors early and hold yourself accountable to fix them immediately.
Hey, I'm Carl!
I'm a husband and father. I play badminton, do paragliding and make my own pasta. I enjoy building software on the web platform. Currently I build with TypeScript and Go for the German Airforce.
And yeah, my last name is Assmann.
Blog Posts
I write about what I think, learn, do.
AI in Helix: Lightweight Integration with Macros
The Helix editor has no built in AI support. Current approaches utilize Helix' LSP integration by launching an AI focused LSP. With Macro Keybindings, there is a new way.
Forms are hard, they said
Forms are essential for any interactive web experience. But they are easy to mess up. See what makes a good form and how modern tooling can help systematically creating great forms.
UX++ and DX++ with Sync Engines
We're stuck at improving our web apps UX. What we do currently is too complex for devs. I am certain that Sync Engines are the next leap forward for both creating magical user experiences and reducing mental load for developers.