Alex Seifert
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Respect My Preference for Dark Mode!
There is a current trend I don’t understand in web design: websites that offer dark mode but bury it somewhere in their settings. As a user of dark mode, this is a horrendous user experience.
Polls: Single Page vs Multi-Page Applications
There was a time when all websites were multi-page applications, but that has changed. I wanted to know what users and developers think about that and so I asked.
The All-New Feed The Dev
I’m excited to announce an all-new version of Feed The Dev! It is now an aggregate website for development and technology news and articles that combines sources from all over the internet into a single, easy-to-use website.
Why I Just Bought a BBEdit License Upgrade
A couple of weeks ago, I bought a license upgrade for the Mac editor BBEdit despite not using it all the time. This is why.
My Collection of Mac OS Screenshots
I have been a Mac user for over twenty years and have taken screenshots of my systems with almost every version of Mac OS. This is my collection.
N64 Recompiled Can Compile Nearly All N64 Games into PC Ports
I recently ran into an interesting article on Tom’s Hardware about a project called N64 Recompiled. Its purpose is to enable recompiling of old Nintendo 64 games into native PC ports that support ray tracing, ultrawide resolutions, high FPS, and other staples of modern games.
Why I Use Verbose Variable Names
When I write code, I tend to use long, descriptive variable names with few abbreviations. This is why.
New Research: How Blue Light Affects Your Sleep
In the past several years, there has been a lot of hype about how blue light from screens affects our sleeping patterns. Turns out, it’s not that bad.
Haunting Alex
I’m excited to announce my newest blog project called Haunting Alex! I intend to use this blog to write about my fascination with horror fiction as well as create a sort of archive of my favorite horror stories that are in the public domain.
Scrum and Working Part-Time
Scrum cannibalizes so much of my programming time that I sometimes forget I’m not a manager but a programmer. That is especially true since I started working part-time.
Google Forcing Websites to Allow Its AI to Train on Their Content
According to BNN Bloomberg, Google is now giving websites a choice: let us train our AI on your content or be delisted from search results.
Patreon and Apple’s 30% Fee
Apple is forcing Patreon to pay its 30% App Store tax for every subscription done through its iOS app and I think it’s abominable.