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About The Humble Programmer

The Humble Programmer is a personal blog and portfolio written and maintained by Frederick D — a programmer writing about web development tools, coding practice and the wider culture of software.

The Site

The blog carries posts written between 2008 and 2021, and it keeps growing: some articles are still being completed and filled in. Articles cover hands-on web tooling — Timeline JS, CSS and JavaScript ecosystems — alongside more personal reflections on software, licensing and the habits of people who build things for a living.

Material appears in both English and Chinese, so the same notes can be read in either language depending on the reader. Newer pages are built with the Hugo static site generator and the Nuo theme; older pieces were first published on WordPress.

Quick Facts

AuthorFrederick D, the owner and operator of the site
PublishedPosts dated from 2008 through 2021, with further articles in progress
LanguagesEnglish and Chinese
Emailadmin@humblepg.com

Older Articles

Earlier material lives in the original WordPress archive. The connection there can be slow from some regions, so a reliable network route helps when browsing it.

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Get in Touch

Questions, corrections or a note about a post are all welcome.

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The Humble Programmer is a personal blog and portfolio maintained by Frederick D, a programmer who writes about web development tools, coding practice, and the wider culture of software. Rather than a polished corporate publication, it reads like a working notebook: notes accumulated over many years, revised as understanding deepens, occasionally left half-finished on purpose so that the thinking stays honest and visible.

Articles here span hands-on web tooling — Timeline JS, CSS and JavaScript ecosystems — alongside more personal reflections on software licensing, on the habits of people who build things for a living, and on the strange mix of craft, obsession, and doubt that makes up a programming career. The archive stretches back to the late 2000s and continues forward, with some pieces still being completed and filled in as new connections come to light.

The site is also a portfolio and a place to connect: blog posts, an email address, and social network links are gathered so readers can follow along or reach out directly. Visually, it favors restraint — an off-white cream background, near-black text, serif headlines paired with a clean sans-serif body, generous whitespace, hairline borders, and photography shown large and uncropped. It feels editorial and gentle, like reading someone's desk drawer of careful, well-kept notes.

Where to Start

Reading Paths

Three places to begin, depending on what you came looking for.

Page	What you will find
Timeline JS	An introduction to building interactive timelines with the library, including JSON formatting tips.
Newsletters	Curated links and reading on CSS and JavaScript surveys, frameworks and developer tools.
Blog	The full archive, organised by date and tag, in English and Chinese.

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