June 2026

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Building a Web App in Swift Using Only SwiftNIO

I’ve been experimenting a lot with Swift for web applications using frameworks like Vapor, but I got curious as to how I could create a low-level, framework-less web application using only SwiftNIO. This is the result.

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June 29, 2026

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ScratchBook 2.2 Reset Formatting Menu Item

ScratchBook 2.2 Released

ScratchBook 2.2 has just been released in the Mac App Store with bugfixes and a new menu item to reset text formatting to the default.

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June 15, 2026

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The Old West in 2026

The Relaunch of The Old West and Why I Chose Vanilla PHP

I rewrote my project, The Old West, using vanilla PHP despite it not being glamorous. This is why.

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June 2, 2026

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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 reading a scary story.

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