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Alex Seifert

Alex is a developer, a drummer and an amateur historian. He enjoys being on the stage in front of a large crowd, but also sitting in a room alone, programming something or writing about technology and history.

Posts

Developer’s Notebook Becomes Feed The Dev

Developer’s Notebook has been rebranded to Feed The Dev. There are many reasons for the rebranding and we are excited to share them with you.

April 26, 2024

Linker: April 26, 2024

This installment of “Linker” features links about estimating software projects, rebuilding Darwin from source, repatriating from the cloud and more!

April 26, 2024

Linker: April 19, 2024

This installment of “Linker” features links about Microsoft scaling Git, the Brave Browser as well as a fun project a YouTuber undertook to port thousands of apps back to Windows 95.

April 19, 2024

My New PowerMac G3 Blue and White: Part 1

I bought an old PowerMac G3 Blue and White. First, I performed some maintenance, then I upgraded some hardware.

April 17, 2024

New CSS Function: light-dark()

A few days ago, I stumbled across a new function in CSS that is going to make my life a tremendous amount easier: light-dark()

April 12, 2024

My Problem with The Current State of Next.js

When I first discovered Next.js, I was excited about it, but it has become somewhat of a mess since then. These are my thoughts on it.

April 11, 2024

Poll: Do you prefer monorepos or multiple repos?

Our second poll asks whether you prefer to work with monorepos or multiple repositories. I have certainly heard strong opinions about both sides, so let us know what your preference is!

April 10, 2024

The Endless Quest to Replace WordPress

I have been using WordPress to run many of my websites since 2007, but feature bloat has me looking for alternatives.

April 4, 2024

Mac OS 8 as an Electron App

Macintosh.js is an open-source project that runs Mac OS 8. It emulates a 1991 Macintosh Quadra and runs the full operating system with a few applications.

March 17, 2024

How Windows 11 Has Convinced a Skeptic

Until about two years ago, I was exclusively a Mac user, but Windows 11 has me rethinking that.

March 8, 2024

The Boring Stack

The Boring Stack encourages using familiar technologies for efficient project development, emphasizing efficiency and reliability over exploring new tech and frameworks.

February 5, 2024

Subscription Fatigue and Software

The growing trend of software companies shifting from one-time purchase models to subscription services is rather disturbing. Wwhile this provides a consistent revenue stream for companies, it burdens consumers with repeated costs and may result in subscription fatigue.

November 26, 2023