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I wrote Helium https://github.com/geuis/helium-css a while back to help find unused css on a site. The process of building sites has changed a lot since then so it’s not as universally useful as it used to be. (...Glares at React...).…

comment by geuis · 2021-05-16 · in Ask HN: What are some tools / libraries you built yourself?

…React, css, Python Email: charles@geuis.com Hey everyone! I've created projects like Helium ( https://github.com/geuis/helium-css ) and https://jsonip.com . I've worked in a pretty wide set of environments from startups to big companies.…

comment by geuis · 2018-07-02 · in Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (July 2018)

…React, css, Python Email: charles@geuis.com Hey everyone! I've created projects like Helium ( https://github.com/geuis/helium-css ) and https://jsonip.com . I've worked in a pretty wide set of environments from startups to big companies.…

comment by geuis · 2018-07-02 · in Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (July 2018)

…node.js, css, Python Email: charles@geuis.com Hey everybody. I've created projects like Helium ( https://github.com/geuis/helium-css ) and https://jsonip.com . I've worked in a pretty wide set of environments from startups to big…

comment by geuis · 2018-06-02 · in Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (June 2018)

https://github.com/geuis/helium-css

comment by geuis · 2017-07-13 · in CSS and JS code coverage in Chrome DevTools

For unused CSS, Helium https://github.com/geuis/helium-css

comment by geuis · 2017-06-07 · in A day without JavaScript

…about 6 years ago. Supports several million requests a day at this point. Also created Helium, https://github.com/geuis/helium-css , a tool to help frontend devs clean up old CSS. They're relatively popular.

comment by geuis · 2016-11-15 · in Ask HN: What simple tools or products are you most proud of making?

…charles@geuis.com Github: https://github.com/geuis Hey everybody! I'm the creator of Helium ( https://github.com/geuis/helium-css ) and https://jsonip.com . I'm a lover of all things javascript and building great products for users. Open…

comment by geuis · 2016-11-02 · in Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (November 2016)

…charles@geuis.com Github: https://github.com/geuis Hey everybody! I'm the creator of Helium ( https://github.com/geuis/helium-css ) and https://jsonip.com . I'm a lover of all things javascript and building great products for users. Open…

comment by geuis · 2016-11-02 · in Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (November 2016)

…charles@geuis.com Github: https://github.com/geuis Hey everybody! I'm the creator of Helium ( https://github.com/geuis/helium-css ) and https://jsonip.com . I'm a lover of all things javascript and building great products for users. Open…

comment by geuis · 2016-10-03 · in Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (October 2016)

…charles@geuis.com Github: https://github.com/geuis Hey everybody! I'm the creator of Helium ( https://github.com/geuis/helium-css ) and https://jsonip.com . I'm a lover of all things javascript and building great products for users. Open…

comment by geuis · 2016-10-03 · in Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (October 2016)

…good to hear. Gonna play hell with seo for my open source projects: https://github.com/geuis/argon https://github.com/geuis/helium-css

comment by geuis · 2015-10-12 · in Node v4.2.0 (Stable)

…I created and run http://jsonip.com (7-10 million requests daily) and Helium CSS https://github.com/geuis/helium-css .

comment by geuis · 2015-09-01 · in Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2015)

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Helium CSS – Discover unused CSS on your site

story by geuis · 2015-06-12 · 0 comments

https://github.com/geuis/helium-css

comment by geuis · 2015-06-12 · in PurifyCSS – Remove unused CSS

I created and maintain Helium. https://github.com/geuis/helium-css The problem with the PurifyCSS approach, like so many before it, is that you cannot really do this accurately from the server. It has to be done in the browser. Helium is a…

comment by geuis · 2015-06-12 · in PurifyCSS – Remove unused CSS

Github: https://github.com/geuis Major projects: http://jsonip.com , https://github.com/geuis/helium-css Location: San Francisco Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No Technologies: Full stack, Javascript, Python, CSS, html5, node, all things…

comment by geuis · 2015-03-02 · in Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (March 2015)

…I wish there was still some respect when choosing product names, especially open source projects. https://github.com/geuis/helium-css

comment by geuis · 2014-07-03 · in Helium.co: Connect devices to the web without Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or Cellular

Try Helium. https://github.com/geuis/helium-css I wrote and maintain this project for the last 4 years. There are issues with David Walsh's approach that are explained in the Helium README. Automatic stylesheet generation is a terrible…

comment by geuis · 2014-05-20 · in Uncss – Find unused CSS

SEEKING WORK, San Francisco, Remote ok Hi, I run such projects as http://jsonip.com and Helium-css, https://github.com/geuis/helium-css . Currently looking for short or long term contracts. Primary languages are javascript and python, with…

comment by geuis · 2013-08-02 · in Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (August 2013)

SEEKING WORK, San Francisco, Remote ok Hi, I run such projects as http://jsonip.com and Helium-css, https://github.com/geuis/helium-css . Currently looking for short or long term contracts. Primary languages are javascript and python, with…

comment by geuis · 2013-07-01 · in Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (July 2013)

SEEKING WORK - San Francisco. Remote and onsite ok I run jsonip.com and am the author of Helium css, https://github.com/geuis/helium-css . I've written a lot of javascript for a range of devices, including the Google TV, mobile devices,…

comment by geuis · 2013-06-03 · in Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (June 2013)

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Library for Detection of Unused CSS

story by hiteshtr · 2013-05-27 · 0 comments

…and run http://jsonip.com . 10+ million requests a day and counting. I also created Helium-css, https://github.com/geuis/helium-css . I'm a javascript engineer mainly these days. Most of the work I've done for the last year or two has…

comment by geuis · 2013-05-02 · in Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (May 2013)

…can be used on live sites to find unused CSS. Combine with this project to remove duplicates too. https://github.com/geuis/helium-css

comment by geuis · 2013-04-10 · in Csscss: a CSS redundancy analyzer that analyzes redundancy

…client side solution that you run yourself and have a lot of control over, check out Helium. http://github.com/geuis/helium-css .

comment by geuis · 2013-01-29 · in The CSS Trashman

Too bad I didn't catch this while it was still on the front page. I wrote Helium CSS a few years ago, https://github.com/geuis/helium-css . There are many problems with the approach being taken with MinCSS that are reflected in how Helium…

comment by geuis · 2013-01-22 · in Mincss "clears the junk out of your CSS"

…node and run it with a headless browser. Contributions are always welcome. 1: http://cssess.com 2: https://github.com/geuis/helium-css/

comment by driverdan · 2013-01-22 · in Mincss "clears the junk out of your CSS"

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Helium-css updated to support IE

story by geuis · 2011-05-02 · 0 comments

…to me. So I spent a couple of days and wrote a pure javascript-based tool called Helium to do this. https://github.com/geuis/helium-css I can load this in my dev deployment of my site, pass it a list of urls I want to test, and let it run.…

comment by geuis · 2010-11-18 · in Ask HN: How do you come up with new project ideas?

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Helium.js - discover unused CSS on your site

story by geuis · 2010-01-15 · 13 comments