Programs and Tools

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

There are constantly new technologies coming out on the market. While this might seem like a great thing, there are some darker sides to it that no one seems to talk about.

The second episode of the Developer’s Notebook Podcast will look at whether or not software as a service is a really good idea. I have already written about this topic on Developer’s Notebook, but in this podcast episode, I will strike a more conversational tone and go into a bit more depth than in the article.

Whether you like it or not, software as a service (SaaS) has become extremely popular amongst both individuals and companies. But how good of an idea is it?

An operating system that was released 25 years ago and required an entire computer to run can now instead be run in a browser window with an interpreted language.

Visual Studio Code is a tool with many talents. Among those is the ability to not just debug Node.js applications, but also to debug them remotely.